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. 2026 Jun 10;27(12):5244. doi: 10.3390/ijms27125244
AUC Area under the curve
AI Artificial intelligence
BRAF B-Raf proto-oncogene, serine/threonine kinase
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblast
CITE-seq Cellular indexing of transcriptomes and epitopes by sequencing
CD1a Cluster of differentiation 1a
CD3 Cluster of differentiation 3
CD4 Cluster of differentiation 4
CD8 Cluster of differentiation 8
CD20 Cluster of differentiation 20
CD68 Cluster of differentiation 68
CD95 Cluster of differentiation 95
CE Conformité Européenne
CODEX Co-detection by indexing
cDC1 Conventional type 1 dendritic cells
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
ctDNA Circulating tumour DNA
CXCL10 C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10
CXCL9 C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 9
CXCR3 C-X-C motif chemokine receptor 3
CycleGAN Cycle-consistent generative adversarial network
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DSP Digital spatial profiling
DSP-WTA Digital spatial profiling whole transcriptome atlas
eTILs Electronic tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes score
FOXP3 Forkhead box P3
GEP Gene expression profile
GeoMx GeoMx Digital Spatial Profiler platform
H&E Haematoxylin and eosin
CD38^hi High CD38 expression
HER2 Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
IMC Imaging mass cytometry
IMMUcan Integrated Immunoprofiling of Large Adaptive Cancer Patient Cohorts
ICI Immune checkpoint inhibitor
IHC Immunohistochemistry
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IFN-γ Interferon gamma
IFQuant Immunofluorescence quantification software
IL-15 Interleukin 15
IL7R Interleukin 7 receptor
KRAS Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homologue
LAG-3 Lymphocyte-activation gene 3
LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
MHC I Major histocompatibility complex class I
mregDC Mature regulatory dendritic cells
mRNA Messenger ribonucleic acid
MDM Monocyte-derived macrophage
MEK Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
mIF Multiplex immunofluorescence
MDSC Myeloid-derived suppressor cell
NLR Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio
NSCLC Non-small-cell lung cancer
OS Overall survival
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PFS Progression-free survival
QIF Quantitative immunofluorescence
ROI Region of interest
RNA Ribonucleic acid
RNA-seq RNA sequencing
Treg Regulatory T-cell
S100B S100 calcium-binding protein B
SOX10 SRY-box transcription factor 10
sPD-1 Soluble programmed cell death protein 1
sPD-L1 Soluble programmed death-ligand 1
TLS Tertiary lymphoid structures
TCF4 Transcription factor 4
TCF7 Transcription factor 7
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
TIICs Tumour-infiltrating immune cells
TIL Tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte
TME Tumour microenvironment
TMB Tumour mutational burden
WSI Whole-slide imaging