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. 2021 Feb 17;13(4):847. doi: 10.3390/cancers13040847
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