| Aza | 5-azacytidine |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified eagle media |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| LUAD | lung adenocarcinoma |
| LUSC | lung squamous cell carcinoma |
| MSP | methylation specific PCR |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline |
| siRNA | small interfering RNA |
| TBX | T-box gene |
| TCGA | The Cancer Genome Atlas |