| CNI | Calcineurin inhibitors |
| cSCC | Cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| ESCC | Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| HNSCC | Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma |
| ICI | Immune checkpoints inhibitors |
| KCs | Keratinocyte carcinomas |
| mTOR | Mechanistic (or mammalian) target of rapamycin |
| MTT | Thiazolyl Blue Tetrazolium Blue (MTT) |
| PBS-T | Phosphate-buffered saline supplemented with 0.05% Tween 20 |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PTEN | Phosphate and tensin homolog |
| PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 | Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate |