IPF	Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
PF	Pulmonary fibrosis
DEGs	Differentially expressed genes
IHC	Immunohistochemistry
STRING	Search tool for the retrieval of interacting genes
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
IGF	Insulin-like growth factor
IGF1R	Insulin Like Growth Factor 1 Receptor
OPN	Osteopontin
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
ANXA3	Annexin A3
STX11	Syntaxin 11
THBS2	Thrombospondin 2
SPP1	Secreted Phosphoprotein 1
COL1A1	Collagen Type I Alpha 1 Chain
LTBP1	Latent TGF-β binding protein-1
LAP	Latency-related peptide (LAP)
RGD	Arginine−glycine−aspartic acid
BLM	Bleomycin
ECM	Extracellular matrix
PPI	protein–protein interaction network
KEGG	Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
GO	Gene ontology
GEO	Gene Expression Omnibus
BALF	broncho-alveolar lavage fluid
DAVID	The Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery
GAPDH	glyseraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase
PCNA	proliferating cell nuclear antigen