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. 2021 Mar 8;13(5):1148. doi: 10.3390/cancers13051148
AD atopic dermatitis
AJCC American Joint Committee on Cancer
AJCC8 8th Edition of AJCC staging system
AK actinic keratosis
BCC Basal cell carcinoma
BM bone marrow
BWH Brigham and Women’s Hospital
CDKN2A cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A
CE cornified cell envelope
CFC Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous
CHS contact hypersensitivity
CIB1 calcium and integrin binding 1
cSCC cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
CTL cytotoxic T lymphocytes
CTLA-4 cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4
CXCR C-X-C chemokine receptor
DN dysplastic nevus
ECM extracellular matrix
EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT epithelial-mesenchymal transition
EV epidermodysplasia verruciformis
FA Fanconi anaemia
FLT3 FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3
FSD Ferguson-Smith disease
GARP glycoprotein A repetitions predominant
GATA2 GATA binding protein 2
GOF gain-of-function
GTP guanosine triphosphate
GVHR graft-versus host reaction
HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2
HIES hyper-IgE recurrent infection syndrome
HIV human immunodeficiency virus
HPV human papilloma virus
ICI immune checkpoint inhibitor
interleukin IL
irAE immune-related adverse event
KA keratoacanthoma
KC keratinocyte
LC Langerhans cell
LOF Loss-of-function
MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEK1 MAP2K1
MEK2 MAP2K2
MN melanocytic nevus
MonoMAC monocytopenia and mycobacterial infection
NOTCH1 notch receptor 1
OCA oculocutaneous albinism
OR objective responses
PD-1 programmed death-1
PD-1Ab anti-PD-1 antibody
PD-L1 programmed death-ligand 1
PID primary immunodeficiency
PMN polymorphonuclear neutrophil
PTEN phosphatase and tensin homolog
PY people/year
R receptor
RDEB recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa
RTKI receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitors
SC stratum corneum
SCID severe combined immune deficiency
SEER Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results
SHH Sonic Hedgehog
SOX10 sex determining region Y-box 10
ST signal transducer
STAT signal transducer and activator of transcription
TERT telomerase reverse transcriptase
TGF-b transforming growth factor beta
Th T helper
TMB tumour mutational burden
TP53 tumour protein 53
TYK2 tyrosine kinase 2
UICC Union for International Cancer Control
UV ultraviolet
UVR UV radiation
WHIM Warts, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Infections, Myelocathexis