| ACT | adoptive cell transfer |
| APC | antigen-presenting cell |
| Arg1 | arginase 1 |
| CAR | chimeric antigen receptor |
| CFSE | carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester |
| CMV | cytomegalovirus |
| CRC | colorectal cancer |
| CTC | circulating tumor cell |
| CTLA-4 | cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 |
| CyTOF | cytometry time-of-flight |
| DC | dendritic cell |
| EBV | Epstein-Barr virus |
| GM-CSF | granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor |
| HPV | human papillomavirus |
| ICOS | inducible T cell co-stimulator |
| IDO | indoleamine-2,3-deoxigenase |
| IHC | immunohistochemistry |
| IL | interleukin |
| iNOS | inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| l-arg | l-arginine |
| M-CSF | macrophage colony stimulating factor |
| MDSC | myeloid-derived suppressor cells |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| MICA | MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence A |
| MIF | macrophage inhibitory factor |
| MLR | mixed lymphocyte reaction |
| MMP | matrix metalloproteins |
| NK | natural killer |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| OX40 | tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 4 |
| qPCR | quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| PBMC | peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| PD-1 | programmed cell death protein 1 |
| PDL-1 | PD-1 ligand |
| PGE2 | prostaglandin E2 |
| PHA | phytohemagglutinin |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SEB | staphylococcal enterotoxin B |
| SLP | synthetic long peptide |
| TGF-β | transforming growth factor receptor-β |
| Treg | regulatory T cells |
| TAM | tumor-associated macrophages |
| TAN | tumor-associated neutrophils |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| TIM3 | T cell immunoglobulin and mucin protein 3 |
| TME | tumor micro-environment |
| T-VEC | Talimogene Laherparepvec |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VISTA | V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation |