| APC | antigen-presenting cell |
| APM | antigen processing machinery |
| ARID2 | AT-rich interaction domain 2 |
| BK1 | humane polyomavirus 1 |
| CD | cluster of differentiation |
| CLA | cutaneous lymphocyte-associated antigen |
| CR | complete response |
| CTLA-4 | cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein 4 |
| DC | dendritic cell |
| ER | early region |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| G6PD | glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| G100 | glucopyranosyl lipid |
| HDAC | histone deacytelases |
| HLA | human leucocyte antigen |
| ICI | immune checkpoint inhibitor |
| IDO | Indolamine-2,3-dioxygenase |
| IFN | Interferon |
| IL | Interleukine |
| Ipi | Ipilimumab |
| irAEs | Immune-related adverse events |
| JC | John Cunningham virus |
| LAG3 | lymphocyte activation gene 3 |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| LR | late region |
| LTA | large T-cell antigen |
| MCC | Merkel cell carcinoma |
| MCPyV | Merkel cell polyomavirus |
| MDSC | myeloid-derived suppressor cells |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| mMCC | metastatic Merkel cell carcinoma |
| Nivo | Nivolumab |
| NO | nitrogen oxide |
| NTRK1 | neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase 1 |
| PBMC | peripheral mononuclear blood cells |
| pCR | pathological complete response |
| PD-1 | programmed cell death protein 1 |
| PD-L1 | programmed cell death ligand 1 |
| PML | pro-myelocytic leukaemia |
| RB1 | retinoblastoma protein 1 |
| SSNV | somatic single nucleotide variants |
| STA | small T-cell antigen |
| STING | stimulator of interferon genes |
| TAM | tumour-associated macrophages |
| Tcm | central memory T-cell |
| TCR | T-cell receptor |
| Tfh | T follicular helper cell |
| TDO | tryptophan-2,3-dioxygenase |
| TIGIT | T-cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains |
| TIL | tumour-infiltrating lymphocyte |
| TIM-3 | T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3 |
| TLR | Toll-like-receptor |
| TLS | Tertiary lymphoid structures |
| TMB | Tumour mutational burden |
| TME | Tumour microenvironment |
| TP53 | tumour protein p53 |
| Treg | regulatory T-cell |