| ACT | adoptive cell therapy |
| AHR | aryl hydrocarbon receptor |
| BATF | basic leucine zipper ATF-like transcription factor |
| CD4+ | CD4+ helper T cells |
| CSF2 | colony stimulating factor 2 |
| DBD | DNA-binding domain |
| EGF | epidermal growth factor |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| ERK | extracellular regulated MAP kinase |
| FOXP3 | forkhead box protein P3 |
| G6PC | glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit |
| GATA3 | GATA binding protein 3 |
| GM-CSF2 | colony stimulating factor 2 (granulocyte-macrophage) |
| HMBS | hydroxymethylbilane synthase |
| HPRT1 | hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 |
| IL9 | interleukin 9 |
| IL17A | interleukin 17A |
| IL17F | interleukin 17F |
| IL-21 | interleukin 21 |
| IL-22 | interleukin 22 |
| IL-23 | interleukin 23A |
| IRF4 | interferon regulatory factor 4 |
| LBD | ligand binding domain |
| NR1F3 | nuclear receptor subfamily 1 group F member 3 |
| PPAR | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| RORC | RAR-related orphan receptor gamma |
| RORγ | nuclear receptor ROR-gamma isoform 1 |
| RORγT | nuclear receptor ROR-gamma isoform 2 |
| RPL13A | ribosomal protein L13a |
| STAT3 | signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 |
| SRC | SRC proto-oncogene, non-receptor tyrosine kinase |
| t-bet | cell-specific T-box transcription factor |
| TGF-β | transforming growth factor beta |
| Th17 | T-helper 17 cells |