AC	adenocarcinoma
AD	adenoma
BALF	bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
BIACUC	Bloomington Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
BW	body weight
CI	confidence interval
Ct	cycle threshold
DAB	3,3′-diaminobenzidine
DNA	deoxyribonucleic acid
EDTA	ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EMM	estimated marginal mean
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FCG	Four Core Genotypes
H&E	hematoxylin and eosin
HRP	horseradish peroxidase
IHC	immunohistochemistry
IL-6	interleukin 6
IP (i.p.)	intraperitoneal
JAX	The Jackson Laboratory
KRAS/Kras	Kirsten rat sarcoma viral oncogene homolog
LC	lung cancer
LR	likelihood ratio
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
mRNA	messenger ribonucleic acid
NaCl	sodium chloride
NCBI	National Center for Biotechnology Information
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa B
NSCLC	non-small cell lung cancer
PBS	phosphate-buffered saline
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
p-ERK	phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase
PMN	polymorphonuclear leukocyte
qPCR	quantitative polymerase chain reaction
RAS	rat sarcoma
RANTES	regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted
RNA	ribonucleic acid
ROI	region of interest
SEM	standard error of the mean
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
Tris	tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane
Tween-20	polysorbate 20
WT	wild-type
ΔCt	delta cycle threshold
2−ΔΔCt	comparative delta-delta cycle threshold method