| BST | Blood and Tissue Bank |
| CBU | Umbilical cord blood unit |
| CDR3 | Complementary-determining region 3 |
| CID | Combined immunodeficiency |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus |
| D | Diversity |
| FR | Framework region |
| gDNA | Genomic DNA |
| HLA | Human Leukocyte Antigen |
| IMGT | ImMunoGeneTics |
| J | Joining |
| MNC | Mononuclear cell |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| NGS | Next-generation sequencing |
| ORF | Open Reading Frame |
| PB | Peripheral blood |
| PBMCs | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| RAG | Recombination activating gene |
| SCID | Severe combined immunodeficiency |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| TCRβ | T cell receptor β-chain |
| TdT | Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase |
| TRAD | T cell receptor alpha diversity gene |
| TRAJ | T cell receptor alpha joining gene |
| TRAV | T cell receptor alpha variable gene |
| TRB | T cell receptor gene |
| TRBD | T cell receptor beta diversity gene |
| TRBJ | T cell receptor beta joining gene |
| TRBV | T cell receptor beta variable gene |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| V | Variable |