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. 2020 Oct 23;12(11):3099. doi: 10.3390/cancers12113099
ALDH Aldehyde Dehydrogenases
α-SMA Alpha Smooth Muscle Actin
Bregs Regulatory B Cells
CAF Cancer-associated Fibroblast
CAR Chimeric Antigen Receptor
CDK Cyclin-dependent Kinase
CEBPA CCAAT/Enhancer-binding Protein Alpha
CRC Colorectal Cancer
CREB cAMP-response Element Binding Protein
CSCs Cancer Stem Cells
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated Protein 4
DAPKs Death-associated Protein Kinases
DCs Dendritic Cells
DCST1-AS1 DC-STAMP Domain-containing 1-Antisense 1
DNAM-1 DNAX Accessory Molecule-1
ECM Extracellular Matrix
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
EMT Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
EOMES Eomesodermin
ESCC Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
eTRM Epithelial Resident Memory T cells
FOXO1 Forkhead Box O1
GOLM1 Golgi Membrane Protein 1
HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HIF-α Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Subunit Alpha
HNSCC Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
IFN-γ Interferon-γ
IL Interleukin
ILC Innate Lymphoid Cell
intILCs Intermediate Type 1 Innate Lymphoid Cells
iTregs Induced Regulatory T cells
LAP Latency-associated Peptide
LLC Large Latent Complex
MAPK Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase
MDSCs Myeloid-derived Suppressor Cells
MKKs MAP Kinase Kinases
MMP Matrix Metallopeptidase
MSCs Mesenchymal Stem Cells
mTOR Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
NK Natural Killer
NKG2D NK Cell Receptor D
NSCLC Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
PD-1 Programmed Cell Death 1
PD-L1 Programmed Death Ligand 1
PDA Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PPM1D Protein Phosphatase 1D
pDC Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell
ROCKs Rho-associated Protein Kinases
SNP Single-nucleotide Polymorphism
SOX4 SRY-box Transcription Factor 4
TAMs Tumour-associated Macrophages
TANs Tumour-associated Neutrophils
TApDCs Tumour-associated Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cells
TF Transcription Factor
TGF-β Transforming Growth Factor-β
TGFBR1 Type I TGF-β Receptor
TGFBR2 Type II TGF-β Receptor
Th T Helper Cell
TME Tumour Microenvironment
TNBC Triple-negative Breast Cancer
TNF-α Tumour Necrosis Factor Alpha
Tregs Regulatory T Cells
VEGFA Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A