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. 2025 Feb 14;26(4):1639. doi: 10.3390/ijms26041639
AE2 Alveolar epithelial type II (cells)
AFSC-EVs Amniotic-fluid-stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles
AKI Acute kidney injury
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
CDH Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
cGMP Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
DAMPs Damage-associated molecular patterns
ECM Extracellular matrix
ECMO Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
EGFR Epithelial growth factor
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
EVs Extracellular vesicles
EXIT Ex utero intrapartum therapy
FETO Fetoscopic endoluminal tracheal occlusion
FETO-LAP Fetoscopic laparoschisis
Fgf10 Fibroblast growth factor 10
FgfR2 Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2
GA Gestational age
GERD Gastroesophageal reflux disease
GI gastrointestinal
HSP Heat shock protein
IGF Insulin-like growth factor
IL Interleukin
KGF Keratinocyte growth factor
miR MicroRNA
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MSC-EVs Mesenchyomal-stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
MWT Medial wall thickness
NO Nitrogen oxide
PB Preterm birth
PCNA Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PDE Phosphodiesterase
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PPROM Preterm prelabor rupture of membrane
RA Retinoic acid
RhoA Ras homolog family member A
ROS Reactive oxygen species
Spry2 Sprouty homolog 2
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TGF-β Transforming growth factor β
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α
TO Tracheal occlusion
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
YAP Yes-associated protein