| APC | Antigen presenting cell |
| CBI | checkpoints blockade immunotherapy |
| CDR3 | complementarity-determining region 3 |
| HTS | high-throughput sequencing |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| NSCLC | non–small-cell lung cancer |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| RACE | rapid amplification of cDNA ends |
| SSC | squamous cell carcinoma |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| UMIs | unique molecular identifiers |
| VDJ | variable (V), diversity (D), and joining (J) gene segments |