NSCLC	Non-small-cell lung cancer
IL-17	Interleukin-17
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
MAPKs	Mitogen-activated protein kinases
Akt	AKT serine/threonine kinase 1
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
EMT	Epithelial–mesenchymal transition
Ki-67	Antigen Kiel 67
MCM2	Mini-chromosome maintenance protein 2
PCNA	Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
CDKs	Cyclin-dependent kinases
ERK	Extracellular regulated kinase
p38	p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
AP-1	Activator protein 1
ECM	Extracellular matrix