| EVs | Extracellular Vesicles |
| LE-EVs | Lung Epithelial-derived Extracellular Vesicles |
| CS | Cigarette Smoke |
| CSE | Cigarette Smoke Extract |
| ECA | Electronic Cigarette Aerosol |
| ECVC | Electronic Cigarette Vapour Condensate |
| HTP | Heated Tobacco products |
| ENDS | Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems |
| PG | Propylene Glycol |
| VG | Vegetable Glycerine |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| AJ | Adheren Junction |
| TJ | Tight Junction |
| MSCs | Mesenchymal Stem Cells |
| DEEPs | Differentials Expressed Exosomal Proteins |
| HBE | Human Bronchial Epithelial |
| FACS | Fluorescent-Activated Cell Sorting |
| TEM | Transmission Electron Microscopy |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| RTq-PCR | Reverse Transcription-quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| UC | Ultracentifucation |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| iTRAQ | Isobaric Tag for Relative and Absolute Quantitation |