| Ab | antibody |
| APC | allophycocyanin |
| TLA | three letter acronym |
| LD | linear dichroism |
| DC | dendritic cell |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EPP | extrapleural pneumonectomy |
| FCM | flow cytometry |
| IC | inhibitory concentration |
| ICD | immunogenic cell death |
| ICP | immune checkpoint |
| ICPB | immune checkpoint blockade |
| LAG-3 | lymphocyte activation gene-3 |
| MFI | mean fluorescence intensity |
| MPM | malignant pleural mesothelioma |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| OD | optic density |
| PBMC | peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PD-1 | programmed death-1 |
| PD-L1 | programmed death ligand-1 |
| PD-L2 | programmed death ligand-2 |
| PE | phycoerythrin |
| SRB | sulphorodamine B |
| TIM-3 | T-cell immunoglobuline mucine-3 |