| NK | Natural Killer |
| TF | Transcription factors |
| ADCC | antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity |
| TRAIL | TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand |
| FasL | Fas ligand |
| IFNγ | Interferon-γ |
| TNFα | Tumor necrosis factor α |
| IL-10 | Interleukin-10 |
| SLAMF7 | Signaling lymphocytic activation molecule F7 |
| CyTOF | Cytometry by time of flight |
| scRNA-seq | Single-cell RNA-sequencing |
| SCENIC | Single-Cell Regulatory Network Inference and Clustering |
| HSCs | Hematopoietic stem cells |
| BM | Bone marrow |
| LN | Lymph nodes |
| CLPs | Common lymphoid progenitors |
| LTi | Lymphoid tissue inducers |
| NKPs | NK cell progenitors |
| Sca | Stem cell antigen |
| rNKP | Refined-NKPs |
| KLRG1 | Killer Cell Lectin-like Receptor G1 |
| pre-NKPs | pre-NK cell precursors |
| iNK | Immature NK cells |
| PBMCs | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| Flt3L | FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 ligand |
| SCF | Stem cell factor |
| DCs | Dendritic cells |
| IKZF3 | Ikaros family zinc finger protein 3 |
| Ets | E-twenty-six |
| PU.1 | Purine-rich box 1 |
| Ets-1 | Ets proto-oncogene 1 |
| Mef | Myeloid Elf-1 like factor |
| Klf4 | Kruppel-like factor 4 |
| E4BP4 | E4-binding protein |
| Nfil3 | nuclear factor interleukin-3 |
| Id | Inhibitor of DNA-binding |
| HLH | Helix-loop-helix |
| FTOCs | Fetal thymic organ cultures |
| Rb | Retinoblastoma |
| IRF | Interferon regulatory factor |
| FoxOs | Forkhead transcription factors of the O class |
| Eomes | Eomesodermin |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility |
| PLZF | Promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger |