| ACT | Adoptive cellular therapy |
| APC | Antigen presenting cell |
| CAR | Chimeric antigen receptor |
| CDK | Cyclin-dependent kinase |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CML | Chronic myeloid leukemia |
| CRISPR | Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| CTL | Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte |
| CTLA-4 | Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 |
| DC | Dendritic cell |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| FasL | Fas ligand |
| HLA | Human leukocyte antigen |
| ICI | Immune checkpoint inhibitor |
| IFN | Interferon |
| Ig | Immunoglobulin |
| IL | Interleukin |
| ITIM | Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibition motif |
| LAG-3 | Lymphocyte activation gene 3 protein |
| LFT | Liver function test |
| mAbs | Monoclonal antibodies |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility complex |
| NF-kB | Nuclear factor kB |
| NHL | Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma |
| NK | Natural killer |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| OS | Overall survival |
| pCR | Pathologic complete response rates |
| PD-1 | Programmed cell death protein 1 |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death-ligand 1 |
| PFS | Progression free survival |
| RCC | Renal cell carcinoma |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| TGF | Transforming growth factor |
| TIL | Tumor infiltrating lymphocyte |
| TIM-3 | T cell Ig mucin domain-containing 3 |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| TNBC | Triple negative breast cancer |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| TNFR | Tumor necrosis factor receptor |
| TNFRSF4 | Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 4 |
| TRAEs | Treatment-related adverse effects |
| Treg | Regulatory T cell |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFR | Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor |
| VISTA | V-domain Ig suppressor of t-cell activation |