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. 2023 May 5;24(9):8333. doi: 10.3390/ijms24098333
Ac-SDKP N-acetyl-seryl-aspartyl-lysyl-proline
AEC Alveolar epithelial cell
AKT Protein kinase B
AM Alveolar macrophage
ARE Antioxidant-responsive element
ASK-1 Arabidopsis Serine/Threonine Kinase1
BALF Broncho alveolar lavage fluid
Bax BCL2-Associated X
BCL2 B-cell lymphoma-2
BLM Bleomycin
BMP Bone morphogenetic protein
Col Collagen
COX Cyclooxygenase
CTGF Connective tissue growth factor
CXCL C-X-C motif chemokine ligand
ECM Extracellular Matrix
EMT Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
Fas Factor-related Apoptosis
FNs Fullerene nanoparticles
FOXO3 Forkhead box O3
GPx Glutathione peroxidase
IL Interleukins
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IPF Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
JAK Janus kinase
JNK The c-Jun NH(2)-terminal kinases
Keap1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
LC3 Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3
LPCAT1 Lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferase 1
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDA Malondialdehyde
MMP Metallomatous proteases
MSCs Mesenchymal stem cells
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
NAC N-Acetyl-L-cysteine
NALP3 Neutrophil Alkaline Phosphatase 3
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-B
NLRP3 NOD-like receptor thermal protein domain associated protein 3
NOX NADPH oxidase
Nrf2 NF-E2 p45-related factor 2
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PPAR-γ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SNPs Single nucleotide polymorphisms
SOD Superoxide dismutase
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
Tan IIA Tanshinone IIA
TCM Traditional Chinese medicine
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
TIMPs Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases
TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
WLL Whole lung lavage
Wnt Wingless/Integrated
α-SMA Alpha-smooth muscle actin