| AKT | protein kinase B |
| cAMP | cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| cGMP | cyclic guanosine monophosphate |
| AD | lung cancer adenocarcinoma |
| SCC | lung cancer squamous-cell carcinoma |
| NSCLC | non-small-cell lung cancer |
| PDE | phosphodiesterase |
| PDEi | phosphodiesterase inhibitor |
| PKA | protein kinase A |
| PKG | protein kinase G |
| PMX | pemetrexed |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| WB | Western blotting |