| Elaborated Phrasese | Abbreviations |
| Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma | PDAC |
| programmed cell death protein-1 | PD-1 |
| programmed cell death ligand-1 | PD-L1 |
| cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4 | CTLA-4 |
| Guanine nucleotide exchange factors | GEFs |
| GTPase activating proteins | GAPs |
| mitogen-activated protein kinase | MAPK |
| extracellular signal-regulated kinase | Erk |
| phosphoinositide 3-kinases | PI3Ks |
| Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1 | PDK-1 |
| Ral guanine nucleotide exchange factors | RalGEFs |
| epidermal growth factor | EGF |
| epidermal growth factor receptor | EGFR |
| fibroblast growth factor | FGF |
| FGF receptor | FGFR |
| insulin-like growth factor | IGF |
| insulin-like growth factor receptor | IGFR |
| platelet-derived growth factor | PDGF |
| vascular endothelial growth factor | VEGF |
| transforming growth factor-α | TGF-α |
| Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha | HIF1-α |
| Snail family of zinc finger transcription factors | Snail 1 and 2 |
| zinc-finger-enhancer binding protein | Zeb-1 and 2 |
| Casein kinase 1 | CK1 |
| lymphoid enhancer factor | LEF |
| tumor microenvironment | TME |
| antigen-presenting cells | APCs |
| interferon-γ | IFN-γ |
| Interleukin-2 | IL-2 |
| tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes | TILs |
| Lymphocyte Activation Gene 3 | LAG3 |
| basic helix-loop-helix | bHLH |
| Regulatory T cells | Tregs |
| plasmacytoid dendritic cells | pDCs |
| V-domain Ig suppressor of T cell activation | VISTA |
| Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 | STAT3 |
| major histocompatibility complex | MHC |
| Nonsmall-cell lung carcinoma | NSCLC |
| Renal cell carcinoma | RCC |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | HCC |
| High microsatellite instability | MSI-H |
| Microsatellite instable | MSI |
| carboxy terminal Cys2His2 | C2H2 |