ADAM17	A disintegrin and metalloprotease 17
cAMP	cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CD	cluster of differentiation
COX2	cyclooxygenase 2
CpG	C followed by G dinucleotide
DBA	Dolichus biflores agglutinin
DSC	decidual stromal cell
E	embryonic day
ELISA	enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
ERK	extracellular signal-related kinase
ESF	endometrial stromal fibroblast
EVT	extravillous trophoblast
FRET	fluorescence resonance energy transfer
γc	common gamma chain
Gab3	GRB2-associated binding protein 3
GATA2	GATA Binding Protein 2
HAND2	Heart and neural crest derivatives-expressed transcript 2
IFN	interferon
IHC	immunohistochemistry
IL-2	Interleukin-2
IL-15	Interleukin-15
JAK	Janus kinase
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KIR	killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptor
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
LSP	long signal peptide
LTR	long terminal repeat
MMP	matrix metalloproteinase
NK cell	natural killer cell
NKT cell	natural killer T cell
PBMCs	peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PGE2	prostaglandin E2
PGR	progesterone receptor
siRNA	short-interfering RNA
RT-PCR	reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction
scRNAseq	single-cell RNA sequencing
SSP	short signal peptide
STAT	signal transducer and activator of transcription
TSS	transcriptional start site
VT	villous trophoblast
uNK cell	uterine natural killer cell