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. 2025 Feb 14;17(2):257. doi: 10.3390/pharmaceutics17020257
CAR Chimeric Antigen Receptor
FDA Food and Drug Administration
ICIs Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
EVs Extracellular Vesicles
MISEV Minimal Information for Studies of Extracellular Vesicles
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
ILVs Intraluminal Vesicles
MVEs Multivesicular Endosomes
CD Cluster of Differentiation
ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
NTA Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
DLS Dynamic Light Scattering
TEM Transmission Electron Microscopy
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
ARF6 ADP-Ribosylation Factor 6
SDS-PAGE Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
PBP Polymer-based Precipitation
CA125 Cancer Antigen 125
TME Tumor Microenvironment
TP53 Tumor Protein p53
CRC Colorectal Cancer
HGS Hepatocyte Growth Factor-Regulated Tyrosine Kinase Substrate
CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid
PD Parkinson’s Disease
EDIL3 Epidermal Growth Factor-Like Repeats and Discoidin I-Like Domains 3
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
FAK Focal Adhesion Kinase
CT Computed Tomography
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
CA15-3 Carcinoma Antigen 15-3
HNSCC Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
TGF-β3 Transforming Growth Factor-beta 3
CRT Chemoradiation Therapy
GWAS Genome-Wide Association Studies
UBC Urinary Bladder Cancer
HER2 Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2
TAAs Tumor-Associated Antigens
TSAs Tumor-Specific Antigens
MHC Major Histocompatibility Complex
TCRs T Cell Receptors
CD8+ T cells Cytotoxic T Cells
Th cells CD4+ Helper T Cells
APCs Antigen Presenting Cells
DCs Dendritic Cells
BCR B Cell Receptor
MDSCs Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells
TAMs Tumor-Associated Macrophages
Tregs Regulatory CD4+ T Cells
NK Natural Killer
M-MDSCs Monocytic MDSCs
PMN-MDSCs Polymorphonuclear MDSCs
STAT Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription
ER Endoplasmic Reticulum
NF-κB Nuclear Factor Kappa B
cAMP Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate
IFN Interferon
PTGES Prostaglandin E Synthase
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase-2
C/EBPβ CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-β
ARG1 Arginase 1
iNOS Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
VEGF Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
IL Interleukin
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
PD-L1 Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 1
CCL18 Chemokine (C-C motif) Ligand 18
ECM Extracellular Matrix
Teffs Effector T Cells
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte-Associated Protein 4
PD-1 Programmed Cell Death Protein 1
IFN-γ Interferon-Gamma
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
RAS Rat Sarcoma Virus
CTL Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte
Akt Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase
TNF-α Tumor Necrosis Factor
NSCLC Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
miRNA MicroRNA
LNP Lipid Nanoparticles
Th1 T-helper Cell Type 1
TRP2 Tyrosinase-Related Protein 2
IMC Immature Myeloid Cells
SIRPα Signal Regulatory Protein Alpha
circUHRF1 Circular Ubiquitin-Like with PHD and Ring Finger Domain 1 RNA
RGD Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic Acid
MLKL Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like Protein
RIPK3 Receptor-Interacting Protein Kinase 3
GzmB Granzyme B
FasL Fas Ligand
TIM-3 T Cell Immunoglobulin and Mucin Domain 3
LAG-3 Lymphocyte Activation Gene 3