| ADC | antibody–drug conjugate |
| ADCC | antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxic reaction |
| BAC | bacterial artificial chromosome |
| bsAb | bispecific antibody |
| BTK | Bruton tyrosine kinase |
| CAR | chimeric antigen receptor |
| CDC | complement-dependent cytotoxicity |
| cDNA | complementary DNA |
| CDR | complementarity-determining region |
| c-erbB-2 | cellular homolog of the avian erythroblastosis virus oncogene B2 |
| cHL | classical Hodgkin lymphoma |
| CRC | colorectal cancer |
| CXCR7 | chemokine receptor type 7 |
| DAG | diacylglycerol |
| dMMR | deficient mismatch repair |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| Fab | antigen-binding fragment |
| Fc | crystallizable fragment |
| FcR | Fc receptor |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| G3P | minor envelope protein |
| G8P | major envelope protein |
| GEF | guanine nucleotide exchange factor |
| HAMA | human anti-mouse antibody |
| HC | heavy chain |
| HER2 | human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| HGF | hepatocyte growth factor |
| HGPRT | hypoxanthine–guanine phosphoribosyltransferase |
| HNSCC | head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| IgH | immunoglobulin heavy chain |
| IgL | immunoglobulin light chain |
| IL-2 | interleukin 2 |
| IP3 | cytosolic inositol-1,4,5 trisphosphate |
| ITAM | immunotyrosine-based activating motif |
| ITIM | immunotyrosine-based inhibitor motif |
| LC | light chain |
| LFIA | lateral flow immunoassay |
| mAb | monoclonal antibody |
| MAC | membrane-activating complex |
| MACS | magnetic cell sorting system |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MCC | Merkel-cell carcinoma |
| MEK | serine–tyrosine–threonine kinase |
| MSI-H | microsatellite instability-high |
| mUC | metastatic urothelial carcinoma |
| Nbs | nanobody |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung carcinoma |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PD-1 | programmed death receptor-1 |
| PD-L1 | programmed death ligand 1 |
| PEG | polyethylene glycol |
| PH | pleckstrin homology |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PKC | protein kinase C |
| PLC-γ | phospho-lipase C-gamma |
| RAS | rat sarcoma virus |
| RCC | renal cell carcinoma |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| scFv | single-chain Fv fragment |
| sdAb | single-domain antibody |
| SFK | SRC family kinase |
| SHIP | Src homology 2 domain-containing inositol 5′-phosphatase |
| SHP | Src homology 2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase |
| SYK | spleen tyrosine kinase |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| UCC | urothelial carcinoma |
| VEGFR2 | vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 |
| VSIV | vesicular stomatitis Indiana virus |
| YAC | yeast artificial chromosome |