| ADCC | Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity |
| APC-Cy7 | Allophycocyanin-cyanine dye |
| ASC | EOC cell-free ascites |
| ASC-CA | Ascites of EOC patients with malignant cells |
| BC | Blood of control women |
| BP | Blood of patients with EOC |
| DNAM-1 | DNAX accessory molecule-1 |
| EOC | Epithelial ovarian cancer |
| EpCAM | Epithelial cell adhesion molecule |
| KIR | Killer Ig-like receptor |
| LILR-B1 | Leukocyte Ig-like receptor B1 |
| vMFI | Variation of mean fluorescence intensity |
| PE | Phycoerythrin dye |
| PE-Cy7 | Phycoerythrin-cyanine dye |
| TAL | Tumor-associated lymphocyte |
| T-reg | Regulatory T-lymphocyte |