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. 2021 Aug 19;10(8):2136. doi: 10.3390/cells10082136
AKT Protein kinase B
CMP-Neu5Ac Cytidine 5′-monophosphate N-acetylneuraminic acid
CTL Cytotoxic T lymphocytes
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4
DC Dendritic cells
ECM Extracellular matrix
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ERK Extracellular signaling-regulated protein kinase
FAK Focal adhesion kinase
IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor 1
IGF-1R Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IL Interleukin
L1CAM Cell adhesion molecule L1
LAMP Lysosome-associated membrane protein
LN Lymph node
MC1R Melanocortin 1 receptor
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCAM Melanoma cell adhesion molecule
MGAT5 Mannoside acetyl-glucosaminyltransferase 5
MHC Histocompatibility complex
MMP Matrix metalloproteinase
NEU Sialidase
NK Natural killer
PD-1 Programmed death receptor-1
PD-L1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PTM Posttranslational modification
ST Sialyltransferase
SHPS-1 Src homology 2 domain-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase substrate-1
SR-B1 Scavenger receptor class B type I
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
sTn Sialyl-Tn
TCE T-cell engagers
TME Tumor microenvironment
TIL Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte