7-AAD

7-amino-actinomycin D

aa

Amino acid

ADCC

Antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxocity

APC

Allophycocyanin

ATCC

American Type Culture Collection

B6 mice

C57BL/6J mice

CAR

Chimeric antibody receptor

CDC

Complement-mediated cytotoxicity

CDR

Complementarity determining region

CMV

Cytomegalovirus

CTL

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes

DED

Death effector domain

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic acid

E. coli

Escherichia coli

E:T

Effector to target

EBV

Epstein-Barr virus

ELISA

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

FACS

Fluorescence-activated cell sorting

FasL

Fas ligand

FasR

Fas receptor

FC

Flow cytometry

FCS

Fetal calf serum

FITC

Fluorescein isothiocyanat

FKBP

FK506 binding protein

γc chain

Cytokine receptor common gamma chain

GCV

Ganciclovir

GFP

Green fluorescent protein

GMP

Good manufacturing practice

GvHD

Graft-versus-host disease

GvL

Graft-versus-leukemia

HAMA

Human anti-mouse antibody

HSV-TK

Herpes Simplex Virus thymidine kinase

i.p.

Intraperitoneal

i.v.

Intravenously

IHC

Immunohistochemistry

IL-2

Interleukin-2

ITAM

Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif

LNGFR

Low-affinity nerve growth factor receptor

LTR

Long terminal repeat

MACS

Magnetic-activated cell sorting

MFI

Mean fluorescence intensity

MHC

Major histocompatibility complex

MLV

Murine leukemia virus

NK cells

Natural killer cells

ova

Ovalbumin

P2A

2A element of porcine teschovirus

PBMC

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

PBL

Peripheral blood lymphocytes

PBS

Phosphate-buffered saline

PCR

Polymerase chain reaction

PE

Phycoerythrin

PI

Propidium iodide

PRE

Posttranscriptional regulatory element

rhIL-2

recombinant human interleukin-2

RIP

Rat insulin promoter

RN

RetroNectin

RNAi

RNA interference

SD

Standard deviation

TAA

Tumor-associated antigen

TCR

T cell receptor

TIL

Tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte

TSA

Tumor-specific antigen

UV

Ultraviolet

wt

Wild-type

X-SCID

X-linked severe combined immuno-deficiency