| BM-DC | Bone marrow-derived DC |
| CBX | Carbenoxolone |
| cGAMP | Cyclic guanosine monophosphate-adenosine monophosphate |
| CTL | Cytotoxic T lymphocyte |
| Cx | Connexin |
| DC | Dendritic cell |
| EV | Extracellular vesicles |
| H | Hypoxia |
| HGR | Hypoxia green reagent |
| HIF | Hypoxia induced factor |
| HRM | Hypoxia responsive miRNA |
| GJ | Gap junction |
| GJA1 | Gap junction protein alpha 1 (Cx43) |
| GJB2 | Gap junction protein beta 2 (Cx26) |
| GJIC | Gap junction-mediated intercellular communication |
| GZM | Granzyme |
| MFI | Mean fluorescence intensity |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| mo-DC | Monocyte-derived DC |
| N | Normoxia |
| NK | Natural killer |
| PD-1 | Programmed death-1 |
| PD-L1 | PD-ligand 1 |
| pMHC | Major histocompatibility-antigen peptide complex |
| shRNA | Short hairpin RNA |
| TAA | Tumor associated antigen |
| TCGA | The cancer genome atlas |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |