| FGF2 | Fibroblast growth factor 2 |
| bFGF | Basic fibroblast growth factor |
| NSCLC | Non-small cell lung cancer |
| LUAD | Lung adenocarcinoma |
| LUSC | Lung squamous cell carcinoma |
| SCLC | Small cell lung cancer |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| GEO | Gene expression omnibus |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes |
| PPI | Protein–protein interaction |
| BP | Biological process |
| MF | Molecular function |
| CC | Cellular component |
| FDR | False discovery rate |
| OS | Overall survival |
| FP | First progression |
| TCGA | The cancer genome atlas |
| CPTAC | Clinical proteomic tumor analysis consortium |
| LCE | Lung cancer explorer |
| MCODE | Molecular complex detection |
| MNC | Maximum neighborhood component |
| VEGFR | Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor |
| FGFR | Fibroblast growth factor receptor |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| IL | Interleukin |
| ICAM1 | Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 |
| KDR | Kinase insert domain receptor |
| PECAM1 | Platelet and endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 |
| CCL2 | C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 |
| PTGS2 | Prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase 2 |
| TLR4 | Toll-like receptor 4 |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| PI3K/Akt | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase–protein kinase B pathway |
| GSEA | Gene set enrichment analysis |
| UALCAN | University of Alabama at Birmingham cancer data portal |
| TNMplot | Tumor–node–metastasis plotting platform |