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. 2021 Jul 18;9(7):835. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines9070835
APCs Antigen-presenting cells
ANG2 Angiopoietin 2
Bat3 HLA-B-associated transcript 3
B2M Beta 2 microglobulin
Ceacam-1 Carcinoembyronic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule-1
CTL Cytotoxic T lymphocytes
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein 4
CXCR3 C-X-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 3
CXCL9 C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 9
DCs Dendritic cells
DCreg Regulatory dendritic cell
FCRL6 Fc receptor-like 6 (protein)
FGL-1 Fibrinogen-like protein 1
Gal-9 Galectin-9
HDAC Histone deacetylase
HMGB1 High mobility group protein B1
ICI Immune checkpoint inhibitors
IDO Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
JAK 1, 2 Janus Kinase 1, 2
LAG-3 Lymphocyte activation gene 3
LSECtin Liver sinusoidal endothelial cell lectin
MDSCs Myeloid-derived suppressor cells
NK cells Natural killer cells
PD-L1/2 Programmed death-ligand 1/2
PD-1 Programmed cell death protein 1
PCSK9 Subtilisin/kexin type 9
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
SK1 Sfingosine kinaze 1
S1P Sphingosine-1-phosphate
TCR T-cell receptor
TDO Tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
TIGIT T-cell immunoreceptor with immunoglobulin and ITIM domain
TIL Tumor infiltrating lymphocytes
TIM-3 T cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing molecule-3
TMB Tumor mutational burden
TME Tumor microenvironment
Treg T regulatory cells
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor