| MVBs | Multivesicular bodies |
| TEX | Tumor-derived exosomes |
| DC | Dendritic cell |
| ILVs | Intraluminal vesicles |
| ESCRT | Endosomal distribution complex required for transport |
| APC | Antigen presenter cell |
| NK | Natural killer |
| TL | T lymphocyte |
| Treg | T-lymphocyte regulator |
| Breg | B-lymphocyte regulator |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility complex |
| TSPAN | Tetraspanins |
| LPBA: | Lysobisphosphatidic acid |
| ICAM: | Intercellular adhesion molecules |
| TCR | T-cell receptor |
| FasL | Fas Ligand |
| NKG2D | NKG2D: Natural killer group 2D receptor |
| CTLA-4 | CTLA-4: Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen |
| PD1 | Programmed Death 1 |
| PD-L1 | Programmed Death-ligand 1 |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| LncRNA | Long noncoding RNA |
| miRNA or miR | MicroRNA |
| circRNA | Circular RNA |
| BMDCs | Bone marrow-derived DCs |
| TLR | Toll-like receptors |
| MDSC | MDSC: Myeloid-derived suppressor cell |
| HLA | Human leukocyte antigen |
| TGF | Transforming growth factor |
| FGF | Fibroblast growth factor |
| PGE2 | Prostaglandin 2 |
| INF | Interferon |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| TNFR | Receptor for tumor necrosis factor |
| MALAT-1 | Long non-coding RNA metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 |
| POU3F3 | Long noncoding RNA POU class 3 homeobox 3 |
| TAM | Tumor-associated macrophage |
| CAF | Cancer-associated fibroblast |
| EMT | Epithelial-mesenchymal transition |