| FEV1 | Forced expiratory volume in one second |
| FVC | Forced vital capacity |
| MCOPD | Mild/moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| SCOPD | Severe/very severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CS | Control smokers with normal lung function |
| CNS | Control nonsmokers |
| Notch | Notch receptor |
| NICD | Notch-intracellular domain |
| DLL | Delta-like ligand |
| Jagged | Jag ligand |
| RBP-JK | Notch intracellular domain |
| HES | Hairy and enhancer of split |
| HEY2 | Hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif protein 2 |
| HEYL | Hairy/enhancer-of-split related with YRPW motif-like protein |