| ADAM | Adjuvant Avelumab in Merkel Cell Cancer |
| AEC | 3-amino-9-ethylcarbazole |
| AMERK | anti-Merkel cell panel |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| B16-LT | B16F10 melanoma cells transduced with MCPyV-LTS220A |
| BCA | bicinchoninic acid assay |
| CD | cluster of differentiation |
| CpG | cytosine-phosphorothioate-guanine |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DMSO | dimethylsulfoxide |
| DNA | deoxyribonucleic acid |
| ELISpot | enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot |
| EM | effector/memory |
| EP | electroporation |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FIH | first in human |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| GST | glutathione S-transferase |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HPLC | high-performance liquid chromatography |
| HRP | horseradish peroxidase |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| ICI | immune checkpoint inhibitor |
| ICS | intracellular cytokine staining |
| ID | intradermal |
| IL | interleukin |
| IP | intraperitoneal |
| ITI | Immunomic Therapeutics Inc. |
| IFNγ | interferon gamma |
| ITI-3000 | DNA vaccine encoding a mutated form of MCPyV-LT and LAMP1 |
| IV | intravenous |
| LAMP1 | lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1 |
| LN | lymph node |
| LT | large T antigen |
| mRNA | messenger ribonucleic acid |
| MCC | Merkel cell carcinoma |
| MCPyV | Merkel cell polyomavirus |
| MFI | mean fluorescence intensity |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| mIHC | multispectral immunohistochemistry |
| mm | millimeter |
| MOA | mechanism of action |
| NEAD | no evidence of active disease |
| NK | natural killer |
| PBMC | peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| PD-1 | programmed death ligand 1 |
| pRB | retinoblastoma protein |
| S220A | mutation of serine to alanine at amino acid position 220 |
| SOC | standard of care |
| SOCS1 | suppressor of cytokine signaling-1 |
| ST | small T antigen |
| STAMP | Surgically Treated Adjuvant Merkel Cell Carcinoma with Pembrolizumab |
| TAM | tumor-associated macrophage |
| Th | T helper |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| tLT | truncated large T antigen |
| TME | tumor microenvironment |
| TNFα | tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| Treg | regulatory T cell |
| μg | microgram |
| μM | micrometer |
| UNITE ™ | Universal Intracellular Targeted Expression |
| WT | wild type |