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. 2019 Jan 30;20(3):593. doi: 10.3390/ijms20030593
IPF Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
UIP Usual interstitial pneumonia
LC Lung cancer
LC-IPF Lung cancer associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
NSCLC Non-small cell-lung cancer
ADC Adenocarcinoma
SQC Squamous cell carcinoma
SCLC Small cell lung cancer
ATII Alveolar type II cells
ECM Extracellular matrix
EMT Epithelial to mesenchymal transition
EndMT Endothelial to mesenchymal transition
α-SMA α-smooth muscle actin
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblast
ER Endoplasmic reticulum stress
TGFβ Transforming growth factor β
FGF Fibroblast growth factor
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
PDGF Platelet derived growth factor
IL-13 Interleukin-13
CCL2 Chemokine ligand 2
CCR2 Chemokine receptor 2
BALF Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
LPA Lysophosphatidic acid
LPAR1 Lysophosphatidic acid receptor 1
ATX Autotaxin
Shh Sonic hedhehog
TKI Tyrosine kinase inhibitor
EGFR Epidermal growth factor