List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

ACT:  Adoptive cell transfer

ADCC:  Antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity

APC:  Antigen presenting cell

ART:  Anti-retroviral therapy

BCR:  B细胞受体

CAR:  Chimeric antigen receptor

cTEC:  Cortical thymic epithelial cell

CTL:  Cytotoxic lymphocyte

DAMP: Damage-associated molecular pattern

DC:  Dendritic cell

DTH:  Delayed-type hypersensitivity

ER:  Endoplasmic reticulum

Fab:  Antigen-binding fragment of an antibody molecule

FasL:  Fas ligand

Fc:  Constant fragment of an antibody molecule

FDC:  Follicular dendritic cell

Hc:  Heavy chain protein of an antibody molecule

HEV:  High endothelial venule

IFN:  Interferon, as in IFN-α

IgG:  Immunoglobulin G

IL:  Interleukin, as in IL-1

iTreg:  Inducible regulatory T cell

Lc:  Light chain protein of an antibody molecule

LPS:  Lipopolysaccharide

MAC:  Membrane attack complex

MALT:  Mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue

MBL:  Mannose-binding lectin

MHC:  Major histocompatibility complex

mTEC:  Medullary thymic epithelial cell

NETs:  Neutrophil extracellular traps

NK:  Natural killer, as in NK cell

nTreg:  Natural regulatory T cell

PALS:  Periarteriolar lymphocyte sheath

PAMP:  Pathogen-associated molecular pattern

PD-1:  Programmed death 1

PD-L1:  The ligand for PD-1

pDC:  Plasmacytoid dendritic cell

PRR:  Pattern-recognition receptor

SCIDS:  Severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome

TCR:  T细胞受体

TDC:  Thymic dendritic cell

Tfh cell: Follicular helper T cell

Th cell: 辅助T细胞

TIL:  Tumor infiltrating lymphocyte（肿瘤侵润淋巴细胞）

TLR:  Toll样受体

TNF:  Tumor necrosis factor（肿瘤坏死因子）