Some chemokines were increased in LSCC samples, such as CCL2, CCL15, CCL16, and these chemokines were implicated in the angiogenesis or angiostasis balance and promoted tumor infiltrating hematopoietic cells in the pathophysiology of NSCLC (Rivas-Fuentes et al., 2015). Here, CCL16 is linked to non-small cell lung carcinoma.