| ADCC | Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity |
| APC | Antigen presenting cells |
| AuNP | Gold nanoparticles |
| BCG | Bacillus Calmette-Guérin |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CDC | Complement-dependent cytotoxicity |
| CTB | Cholera toxin B subunit |
| CTL | Cytotoxic T lymphocyte |
| DDA | Dioctadecylammonium bromide |
| IFA | Incomplete Freund’s adjuvant |
| KLH | Keyhole limpet hemocyanin |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility complex antigen |
| MPL | Monophosphoryl lipid A |
| MUC1 | Mucin 1 |
| ODN | Oligodeoxynucleotide |
| P(HPMA) | Poly(N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide |
| QS-21 | Quillaja saponaria extract 21 |
| Rha | Rhamnose |
| TACA | Tumor associated carbohydrate antigen |
| TF | Thomsen-Friedenreich |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| Tregs | Regulatory T cells |
| TTox | Tetanus toxoid |
| VNTR | Variable number tandem repeat |