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. 2021 Apr 28;10(9):1919. doi: 10.3390/jcm10091919
ALL Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
AML Acute myeloid leukaemia
APL Acute promyelocytic leukaemia
ATRA All-trans retinoic acid
B-ALL B-acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
BTK Bruton’s tyrosine kinase
BV Brentuximab vedotin
cHL Classical Hodgkin lymphoma
CLL Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
CML Chronic myeloid leukaemia
CR Complete response
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4
DLBCL Diffuse large B cell lymphoma
DNMTi DNA methyltransferase inhibitors
EBV Epstein–Barr virus
EMA European Medicines Agency
ENKL Extranodal NK/T cell lymphoma
FDA US Food and Drug Administration
FGF Fibroblast growth factors
G-CSF Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
GM-CSF Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
HL Hodgkin lymphoma
HRS Hodgkin Reed Sternberg
ICI Immune checkpoint inhibitor
IDO Indoleamine-pyrrole 2,3-dioxygenase
IMC Immature myeloid cell
IMiDs Immunomodulatory imide drugs
IPI International Prognostic Index
ITIM Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif
MDSC Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
M-MDSC Monocytic myeloid-derived suppressor cells
MYC Myelocytomatosis proto-oncogene
NHL Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
NK cells Natural killer cells
NO Nitrate reductases
ORR Overall response rate
PBMC Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PD-L2 Programmed death-ligand 2
PFS Progression free survival
PIWI P-element Induced Wimpy testis
PMBL Primary mediastinal B cell lymphoma
PMN-MDSC Polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells
PR Partial response
ROS Reactive oxygen species
R/R Relapse/Refractory
T-ALL T acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
TCR T cell receptor
TFG-β Transforming growth factor beta
TIGIT T cell immunoglobulin and ITIM domain
TME Tumour microenvironment
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VISTA V-domain immunoglobulin suppressor of T cell activation
WNT Wingless way