Table 1.
Abbreviations
| AEC2 | type 2 alveolar epithelial cell |
| AFSC | amniotic fluid stem cell |
| Ang 1 | angiopoietin 1 |
| ALI/ARDS | acute lung injury/adult respiratory distress syndrome |
| BADJ | bronchoalveolar duct junction |
| BM-MNC | bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells |
| BPD | bronchopulmonary dysplasia |
| CGFP | calcitonin gene– related peptide |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CCSP | club (Clara) cell secretory protein |
| EGF | epidermal growth factor |
| eNOS | endothelial nitric oxide synthase |
| EPC | endothelial progenitor cell |
| ESC | embryonic stem cell |
| FGF2 | fibroblast growth factor 2 |
| HGF | hepatocyte growth factor |
| IGF1 | insulin-like growth factor |
| IPF | idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
| iPSC | induced pluripotent stem cell |
| (s)IL -1RA | (soluble) interleukin-1 receptor antagonist |
| IL-10 | interleukin 10 |
| Itg | integrin |
| KGF | keratinocyte growth factor |
| MSC | mesenchymal stem (stromal) cell |
| NEB | neuroepithelial body |
| Pulm HTN | pulmonary hypertension. |
| soluble TNFR1 | soluble tumor necrosis factor-α receptor antagonist |
| STC-1 | stanniocalcin 1 |
| SPC | surfactant protein C |
| TGF-β1 | transforming growth factor- β1 |
| TSG-6 | tumor necrosis factor-inducible gene 6 protein |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor. |