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. 2016 Sep 2;4(3):29. doi: 10.3390/vaccines4030029
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