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 |