BMI	Body Mass Index
CD9	Cluster of differentiation 9
CD63	Cluster of differentiation 63
CD81	Cluster of differentiation 81
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CT	Computed tomography
DLCO	Diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
DNA	Desoxirribonucleic acid
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EPCAM	Epithelial cell adhesion molecule
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ESCRT	Endosomal sorting complex required for transport
EV	Extracellular vesicles
FDR	False discovery rate
GO	Gene ontology
HIV	Human immunodeficiency virus
IQR	Interquartile range
INMA	Institute of Nanoscience and Materials of Aragon
KEGG	Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
LDCT	Low-dose computed tomography
LUCEx	Lung cancer extracellular vesicles
LNA	Locked nucleid acid
miRNA	micro-RNA
NTA	Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
NSCLC	Non-small cell lung cancer
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PFTs	Pulmonary function tests
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
RNA-Seq	RNA Sequencing
RT-qPCR	Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction
SD	Standard deviation
SPSS	Statistical package for the social sciences
TNM	Tumor, node, and metastasis
WHO	World Health Organization