ADCC	Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity
ADO	Adenosine
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
AXL	Tyrosine–protein kinase receptor AXL
Bcl2	B-cell lymphoma 2
CADM1	Cell adhesion molecule 1
CAIX	Carbonic anhydrase IX
CAR	Chimeric antigen receptor
CAR-M	CAR–macrophage
CBLB	Casitas B-lineage lymphoma proto-oncogene B
CCCR	Chimeric costimulatory converting receptor
cDC1	Conventional type 1 dendritic cell
CD28H	CD28 homologue
CD3ζ	CD3 zeta chain
cGMP	Cyclic GMP-AMP
CIML	Cytokine-induced memory-like
CISH	Cytokine-inducible SH2-containing protein
CRISPR	Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
CRS	Cytokine release syndrome
CTLA4	Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4
CXCR3/4	C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 3/4
DAP10	DNAX-activating protein 10
DLL3	Delta-like ligand 3
DNAM-1	DNAX accessory molecule
ECM	Extracellular matrix components
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ERK	Extracellular signal regulated kinase
EpCAM	Epithelial cell adhesion molecule
FasL	Fas ligand
GBM	Glioblastoma
GD2	Disialoganglioside
GCP3	Gamma-Tubulin complex protein
GSC	Glioblastoma stem cells
GvHD	Graft-versus-host disease
haNKs	High-affinity NKs
HER1/2	Human epidermal growth factor 1/2
HLA	Human leukocyte antigen
HSC	Haematopoietic stem cells
IFNγ	Interferon gamma
iKIRS	Inhibitory killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor
iPSC	Induced pluripotent stem cells
ICAM1	Intracellular adhesion molecule
ICANS	Immune effector cell-associated neurotoxicity syndrome
ICI	Immune checkpoint inhibitor
IL	Interleukin
ILC3	Innate lymphoid cell type 3
iRC9	Rapamycin-regulated Caspase-9
ITIM	Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif
KIR	Killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor
LAG-3	Lymphocyte-activation gene 3
LFA-1	Leukocyte function-associated molecule
MMP	Matrix metalloprotease
MICA/B	HLA class I related molecules
MSLN	Mesothelin
MUC1	Mucin 1
NCAM	Neural cell adhesion molecule
NCR	Natural cytotoxicity receptors
NFAT	Nuclear factor of activated T cells
NK	Natural killer
NKG2	Natural killer group 2
NKG2D	Natural killer group 2 membrane D
NR3C1	Nuclear receptor subfamily 3 group C member
OV	Oncolytic viruses
PB	Peripheral blood
PD-1	Programmed cell death protein
PDL-1/2	PD-1/2 ligand
PI	Proteasome inhibitors
PSCA	Prostate stem cell antigen
PSMA	Prostate-specific membrane antigen
PTT	Photothermal therapy
PTX	Paclitaxel
RCC	Renal cell carcinoma
ROBO1	Roundabout guidance receptor 1
ROR1	Receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 1
scFv	Single-chain variable fragment
SHP1	Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
STING	Stimulator of interferon genes
synNotch	Synthetic Notch receptor
TF	Tissue factor
TGFβ	Transforming growth factor-β
TIGIT	T cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and ITIM motifs
TIM-3	T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain 3
TKI	Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
TNBC	Triple-negative breast cancer
TME	Tumour microenvironment
TRAIL	TNF-related apoptosis-induced ligand
TROP2	Trophoblast antigen 2
UCB	Umbilical cord blood
ULBP	UL16-binding protein
A-GD2	Disialoganglioside 2
5T4	Trophoblast glycoprotein