AFM	atomic force microscopy
API(s)	active pharmaceutical ingredient(s)
BC	bacterial cellulose
DEX	dexamethasone
DEXA-LAW	“DEXAMETHASON Creme LAW, 0.05%”, commercial dexamethasone cream
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
DSMZ	Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen (German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures)
EBENOL®	“EBENOL® 0.5% Creme”, commercial hydrocortisone cream
EDTA	ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid (sodium salt dihydrate)
ELISA	enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
FCS	fetal calf serum
FFT	fast Fourier transform
FF-TEM	freeze–fracture transmission electron microscopy
GR	glucocorticoid receptor
GRC	glucocorticoid receptor complex
GRE	glucocorticoid response element
HaCaT	human epidermal keratinocyte cell line
HC	hydrocortisone
HSM	Hestrin–Schramm culture medium
IL	interleukin
K. xylinus	Komagataeibacter xylinus
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
ME(s)	microemulsion(s)
MTT	3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
NFκB	nuclear factor κB
Omix	oil phase mixture
PBMC	peripheral blood mononuclear cells
RH	relative humidity
rpm	revolutions per minute
RPMI	RPMI 1640 cell culture medium
Smix	surfactant/cosurfactant mixture
TNFα	tumor necrosis factor alpha