| αSMA | α-smooth muscle actin |
| apCAF | antigen-presenting CAF |
| CAF | cancer-associated fibroblast |
| DE | differential expression |
| DEG | differentially expressed gene |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| FAP | fibroblast-associated protein |
| FDR | false discovery rate |
| GSVA | gene set variation analysis |
| iCAF | inflammatory CAF |
| Lung-CAFs | lung-origin CAFs |
| LN-CAFs | lymph node-origin CAFs |
| myCAF | myofibroblast CAF |
| NF | normal fibroblast |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| SqCC | squamous cell carcinoma |