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. 2021 Jun 28;22(13):6932. doi: 10.3390/ijms22136932
ACT Adaptive cell transfer
ANOVA Analysis of variance
APLCNR Apelin receptor
C3 Complement component 3
CAR Chimeric antigen receptor
CCL Chemokine antigen receptor
CD137 Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 9 (TNFRSF9)
CD4+ cell Cluster of differentiation 4-positive cell
CD8+ cell Cluster of differentiation 8-positive cell
CRISPR Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
CX3CR1 CX3C chemokine receptor
CXCL13 Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13
cyTOF Mass cytometry
dMMR Deficient DNA mismatch repair
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EI Electron impact
ESI Electrospray ionization
GC Gas chromatography
GCMB Glial Cells Missing Transcription Factor 2
GEO Gene Expression Omnibus
GITR Glucocorticoid-induced TNFR family-related gene
GZMK Granzyme K
HOPE High-tech Omics-based Patient Evaluation
IARC International Agency for Research on Cancer
ICGC International Cancer Genome Consortium
ICI Immune checkpoint inhibitor
IDO Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
IFN Interferon
IL Interleukin
IL17RA IL17 receptor A
irAE Immune-related adverse event
LC Liquid chromatography
LIHC Liver hepatocellular carcinoma
MS Mass spectrometry
MS/MS Tandem mass spectrometry
MSI Microsatellite instability
NGS Next-generation sequencing
NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
NK Natural killer cell
nSMase2 Sphingomyelinase 2
OX40 Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 4 (TNFRSF4)
PCA Principal component analysis
PCR Polymerase chain reaction
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PEG Polyethylene glycol
PLA2G4A Phospholipase A2 group IVA
PLS-DA Partial least squares-discriminant analysis
POLE Polymerase epsilon
PRF1 Perforin 1
PTGS2 Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2
PTPN2 Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase Non-Receptor Type 2
TCF7 Transcription Factor 7
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas
TCPA The Cancer Proteome Atlas
TDO Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
TMB Tumor mutation burden
TME Tumor microenvironment
VEGFA Vascular endothelial growth factor A
VISTA v-domain Ig suppressor of T-cell activation
VLCFA Very-long-chain fatty acid
VOC Volatile organic compound
WGS Whole-genome sequencing
WHO World Health Organization