| BAM | border-associated macrophage |
| BTI | Brain–tumor interface |
| FFPE | formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded |
| GI | WHO grade I |
| GII | WHO grade II |
| GIII | WHO grade III |
| GOBP | Gene Ontology Biological Processes |
| GOMF | Gene Ontology Molecular Function |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| M | millions |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| scRNA-seq | single-cell RNA sequencing |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| TIN | transcript integrity numbers |
| UMAP | uniform manifold approximation and projection |