| APF | Aminophenyl fluorescein |
| ARE | Antioxidant response element |
| BALF | Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CSE | Cigarette smoke extract |
| DAB | 3,3′-Diaminobenzidine |
| DCF | Dichlorofluorescein |
| DMF | Dimethyl fumarate |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| GSTA2 | Glutathione S-transferase A2 |
| H&E | Hematoxylin and eosin |
| HBSS | Hanks’ balanced salt solution |
| HO-1 | Heme oxygenase-1 |
| Keap1 | Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| Lm | Mean linear intercept |
| MDA | Malondialdehyde |
| MMF | Monomethyl fumarate |
| MMP-9 | Matrix metalloproteinase 9 |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| NAD+ | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized form) |
| NADH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form) |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| NQO1 | NAD(P)H quinone dehydrogenase 1 |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2 |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PNK | Nitrotyrosine |
| PPE | Porcine pancreatic elastase |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RSN | Reactive species of nitrogen |
| SOD1 | Superoxide dismutase 1 |
| TBARS | Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances |
| TBS | Tris-buffered saline |
| Vv | Volume density |