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. 2022 Mar 28;14(7):1710. doi: 10.3390/cancers14071710
ADCC Antibody-dependent cytotoxicity
AML Acute myeloid leukemia
APC Antigen-presenting cell
B7-H3 B7 homolog 3
BCL B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia/lymphoma
BTLA B- and T-cell attenuator
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblast
Ceacam-1 Carcinoembryonic antigen related cell adhesion molecules 1
CRC Colorectal cancer
CTL Cytotoxic T lymphocyte
CTLA-4 Cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein
DC Dendritic cell
EGF Epidermal growth factor
FGL1 Fibrinogen-like protein 1
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
HMGB1 High mobility group protein B1
HVEM Herpes virus entry mediator
IC Immune checkpoint protein
ICI Immune checkpoint inhibitor
ICOS Inducible T cell costimulatory
IDO Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase
IFN Interferon
IGFL Insulin growth factor-like family member
IL Interleukin
ILC Innate lymphoid cells
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide
irAE Immune-related adverse event
LAG-3 lymphocyte activation gene 3
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDSC Myeloid-derived suppressor cell
MHC Major histocompatibility complex
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa B
NK Natural killer
NKT NK T cell
NSCLC Non-small-cell lung cancer
ORR Objective response rate
OS Overall survival
PD-1 Programmed cell death
PD-L1 PD-1 ligand 1
pDC Plasmacytoid DC
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinases
PFS Progression-free survival
PS Phosphatidyl serine
PSGL-1 P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
TAA tumor-associated antigen
TAM Tumor-associated macrophage
TGF-β tumor growth factor-β
TIGIT T cell Immunoglobulin [Ig] and immune receptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif domain
TIM-3 T cell Ig and mucin domain 3
Tfh T follicular helper cell
TIL Tumor-infiltrating leukocyte
TLR Toll-like receptor
TLT-2 Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-like transcript 2
TME Tumor microenvironment
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
Treg Regulatory T cell
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VISTA V-set immunoregulatory receptor
VSGL3 V-Set and Immunoglobulin domain containing 3