| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CS | cigarette smoke |
| CSE | cigarette smoke extract |
| Apo9F | apo-9′-fucoxanthinone |
| RONS | reactive oxygen/nitrogen species |
| HBEC | human bronchial epithelial cells |
| DDR | DNA damage response |
| PIKKs | phosphoinositide 3-kinase related protein kinases |
| ATM | ataxia teleangiectasia mutated |
| DSB | DNA double-strand break |
| DK | dieckol |
| PFFA | phlorofucofuroeckol |
| PGB | phloroglucinol 6,6-bieckol |
| 2,7PGB | 2,7-phyrogalyol-6,6-bieckol |
| OPA | octaphlorethol |
| DPHC | diphlorethohydroxycarmalol |
| SA | saringosterol acetate |
| LC-ESI-MS | liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide |
| DSMO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| PI | propidium iodide |
| FITC | fluorescein isothiocyanate |
| FACS | fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| ICF | immunocytofluorescence |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| MDA | malonic dialdehyde |