| AML | Acute myeloid leukemia |
| ATP | Adenosine-triphosphate |
| BiTE | Bispecific T cell engager |
| CAR-T cell | Chimeric antigen receptor T cell; |
| CCR | Co-regulatory receptor |
| CD27 | Tumor necrosis factor receptors superfamily member 7 |
| CD39 | Ectonucleoside triphosphate diphosphohydrolase-1 |
| CD45RA | Protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor type C |
| CD73 | Ecto-5′-nucleotidase |
| CD103 | alpha E integrin |
| CM | Central memory |
| EM | Effector memory |
| EpCAM | Epithelial cell adhesion molecule |
| FIGO | International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
| FMO | Fluorescence minus one |
| GM-CSF | Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| HBSS | Hanks’ balanced salt solution |
| HD | Healthy donor |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HLA | Human leukocyte antigen |
| IFN-γ | Interferon-gamma |
| IL | Interleukin |
| LAG-3 | Lymphocyte activation gene 3 |
| MA | Malignant ascites |
| MAL | Malignant ascites lymphocyte |
| MDSC | Myeloid-derived suppressor cell |
| MFC | Multiparameter flow cytometry |
| MFI | Median fluorescence intensity |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility complex |
| MM | Multiple myeloma |
| NA | Naïve |
| NKG2D | Natural killer group 2D |
| NKR | Natural killer receptor |
| OvCA | Ovarian cancer |
| Ox40 | Tumor necrosis factor receptors superfamily member 40 |
| PB | Peripheral blood |
| PBL | Peripheral blood lymphocyte |
| PBMC | Peripheral blood mononuclear cell |
| PBS | Phosphate buffered saline |
| PD-1 | Programmed cell death-1 |
| RBC | Red blood cell |
| RT | Room temperature |
| SEER | Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| TEMRA | Terminally differentiated effector memory |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor beta; |
| TIGIT | T cell immunoreceptor with Ig and ITIM domains |
| TIL | Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte |
| TIM-3 | T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3 |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| tSNE | t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding |