| BasicFGF | Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor |
| CCL | Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| CSF | Colony-stimulating factor |
| CTACK | Cutaneous T Cell-Attracting Chemokine |
| CTLA-4 | Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen 4 |
| CXCL | Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| Eotaxin | Eotaxin (CCL11) |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| G-CSF | Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor |
| Gal-9 | Galectin-9 |
| GM-CSF | Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| GRO-α | Growth-Regulated Oncogene Alpha |
| GSEA | Gene Set Enrichment Analysis |
| HGF | Hepatocyte growth factor |
| ICB | Immune checkpoint blockade |
| IFN-γ | Interferon gamma |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IP-10 | Interferon Gamma-Induced Protein 10 |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| KRAS | Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog |
| LAG-3 | Lymphocyte activation gene-3 |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MCP-1/MCP-3 | Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1/3 |
| MCSF | Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor |
| M-CSF | Macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| MIF | Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor |
| MIG | Monokine Induced by Gamma Interferon |
| MIP-1α/MIP-1β | Macrophage Inflammatory Protein 1 Alpha/Beta |
| MMR | Mismatch repair |
| MSI | Microsatellite instability |
| MSS | Microsatellite stable |
| NRAS | Neuroblastoma RAS viral oncogene homolog |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| PD-1 | Programmed cell death protein 1 |
| PD-L1 | Programmed death-ligand 1 |
| PDGF-BB | Platelet-Derived Growth Factor BB |
| PI3K | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| RANTES | Regulated on Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed and Secreted (CCL5) |
| SCF | Stem Cell Factor |
| SDF-1α | Stromal Cell-Derived Factor 1 Alpha |
| TAMs | Tumor-associated macrophages |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor beta |
| TILs | Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes |
| TIM-3 | T cell immunoglobulin and mucin-domain containing-3 |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| TNF-α/TNF-β | Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha/Beta |
| TRAIL | TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand |
| VCAM-1 | Vascular cell adhesion protein 1 |
| VEGFA | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A |