| 1-Acyl-GPC | 1-Acylglycerophosphocholine |
| ALT | Alanine aminotransferase |
| AST | Aspartate aminotransferase |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| BA | Betaine aldehyde |
| BPCs | Base peak chromatograms |
| COPD | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| CRE | Creatinine |
| EICs | Extracted ion chromatograms |
| EMI | Enzyme-metabolite interaction |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| HGB | Hemoglobin count |
| GGO | Ground-glass opacity |
| Healthy→ILAs subjects | The subjects who were disease-free initially and then one year later suffered from ILAs |
| HRCT | High-resolution computed tomography |
| ILAs | Interstitial lung abnormalities |
| ILD | Interstitial lung disease |
| IPA | Ingenuity pathway analysis |
| IPF | Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
| LC-Q-TOF-MS | Liquid chromatography quadruple time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| LY | Lymphocyte count |
| mTOR | Mammalian target of rapamycin |
| NE | Neutrophil count |
| NSCLC | Non-small-cell lung cancer |
| PA | Phosphatidic acid |
| PC | Phosphatidylcholine |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PE | Phosphatidylethanolamine |
| PI3K | Phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase |
| PLA | Phospholipase A |
| PLD | Phospholipase D |
| PLS-DA | Partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| PLT | Blood platelet count |
| PPI | Protein-protein interaction |
| QC | Quality control |
| RBC | Red blood cell count |
| RhoA | Ras homolog family member A |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristic |
| RSDs | Relative standard derivations |
| RV | Representative value |
| sPLA | Secretory phospholipase A |
| SUA | Serum uric acid |
| WBC | White blood cell count |