| (S)-BMS-200 | S-enantiomer of BMS-200 |
| (R)-BMS-200 | R-enantiomer of BMS-200 |
| (MOD)-BMS-200 | replacing the hydroxyl of (S)-BMS-200 with carbonyl |
| S system | PD-L1 dimer/(S)-BMS-200 |
| R system | PD-L1 dimer/(R)-BMS-200 |
| MOD system | PD-L1 dimer/(MOD)-BMS-200 |
| PD-L1 | programmed cell death ligand-1 |
| PD-1 | programmed cell death-1 |
| mAbs | monoclonal antibodies |
| MW | molecular weight |
| BMS | Bristol–Myers Squibb |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| MD | molecular dynamics |
| MM-PBSA | molecular mechanics–Poisson Bolzmann surface area |
| APD-L1 | PD-L1 chain A |
| BPD-L1 | PD-L1 chain B |
| FEL | free energy landscape |
| PPI | protein–protein interaction |
| H bond | hydrogen bond |
| GAFF | general Amber force field |
| PME | particle mesh Ewald |
| Egas | gas-phase energy |
| Gsol | solvation-free energy |
| Evdw | van der Waals energy |
| Eele | electrostatic energy |
| EPB | polar solvation energy |
| ESA | nonpolar solvation energy |
| ΔS | entropy change |
| VMD | visual molecular dynamics |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| RMSD | root mean square deviation |
| PLIP | Protein–Ligand Interaction Profiler |
| RMSF | root mean square fluctuation |
| PC | principal component |