| LUAD | Lung adenocarcinoma |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| GEO | Gene Expression Omnibus |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| PPI | Protein–protein interaction |
| STRING | Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins |
| NSCLC | Non-small-cell lung cancer |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| KRAS | Kirsten rat sarcoma virus |
| MET | Mesenchymal–epithelial transition factor |
| BRAF | v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B |
| HER2 | Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 |
| ALK | Anaplastic lymphoma kinase |
| ROS1 | ROS proto-oncogene 1 receptor tyrosine kinase |
| AURKA | Aurora kinase A |
| TOP2A | DNA topoisomerase II alpha |
| CCNB2 | Cyclin B2 |
| TPX2 | Targeting Protein for Xenopus kinesin-like protein 2 |
| MCM4 | Minichromosome maintenance complex component 4 |
| KIF20A | Kinesin family member 20A |
| CENPF | Centromere protein F |
| ASPM | Assembly factor for spindle microtubules |
| MELK | Maternal Embryonic Leucine Zipper Kinase |
| NEK2 | NIMA-related kinase 2 |
| TPM | Transcripts per million |
| HR | Hazard ratio |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| SMD | Standardized mean difference |
| FC | Fold change |
| BP | Biological process |
| CC | Cellular component |
| MF | Molecular function |