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. 2025 Jan 31;26(3):1235. doi: 10.3390/ijms26031235
Abbreviation Full Name Abbreviation Full Name
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1 EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
PD1 Programmed cell death protein DDR DNA damage repair
ICIs Immune checkpoint inhibitors ESCC patients Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
TME Tumor microenvironment CHEK2 Checkpoint kinase 2
ECM Extracellular matrix ATM Ataxia–telangiectasia mutation
TAMs Tumor-associated macrophages KRAS Kirsten rat sarcoma virus
CAFs Cancer-associated fibroblasts TP53 Tumor Protein P53
TMB Tumor mutational burden SMARCA4 Transcription activator BRG1
Tregs Regulatory T cells BC Breast cancer
MAPK Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase FS Frameshift mutations
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase TKIs Tyrosine kinase inhibitors
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin HLA-I LOH Human leukocyte antigen-I loss of heterozygosity
DC Dendritic cells PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog
TCs Ttumor cells READ Rectal adenocarcinoma
dMMR Mismatch repair-deficient METTL3 Methyltransferase 3, N6-adenosine-methyltransferase complex catalytic subunit
MDSCs mMyeloid-derived suppressor cells EVs Extracellular vesicles
MASH-HCC Steatohepatitis -related hepatocellular carcinoma CRISPR–Cas9 Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats-associated protein 9
SQLE Squalene epoxidase TRIM28-SETDB1 Tripartite Motif Containing 28-SET Domain Bifurcated Histone Lysine Methyltransferase 1
mCRC Metastatic Colorectal Cancer CD3E CD3 Epsilon Subunit
HCC Hepatocellular cancer PDCD1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PaC Pancreatic cancer SV Synthetic viability
ICB Immune checkpoint blockade iCCA Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
NK Natural killer IL1RN Interleukin-1 receptor antagonist
CPS Combined positive score TMEM92 Transmembrane protein 92
LUAD Lung adenocarciomaadenocarcinoma rRCC Renal cell carcinoma
LATPS Tumor microenvironment prognostic signature ASPSCR1-TFE3 Alveolar Soft Part Sarcoma Chromosome Region, Candidate 1–Transcription factor E3
IRGPI Immune -related gene prognostic index CTLA4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4
TIME Tumor immunological microenvironment FDA Food and drugs administration
NMRGS NAD+ metabolism-related gene signature EMA European medicines agency
NSCLC Non-small -cell lung cancer AGAs Actionable oncogenic alterations
HNSCC Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
PDAC Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma R/M Recurrent or metastatic
IML Immune -mesenchymal -like BRAF B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase
OS Overall Survival HER2 Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2
DFS Disease-free survival PFS Progression-free survival
NGS Next-generation sequencing TNBC Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas SCLC Small-cell lung cancer
IFΝγ Interferon gamma ICI Immune cell infiltration
CAMs Cell adhesion molecules PBMCs Blood mononuclear cells