| 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 |