AHR	airway hyperresponsiveness
Ago	Argonaute 2
ASO	antisense oligonucleotide
BAL	bronchoalveolar lavage
CCR	CC chemokine receptor
CHST	carbohydrate sulfotransferase
COPD	chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CTGF	connective tissue growth factor
DGCR	DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene
ds	double-stranded
FGF	fibroblast growth factor
ICS	inhaled corticosteroid
IPF	idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
LNA	locked nucleic acid
lncRNA	long non-coding RNA
LT	leukotriene
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
miRNA	microRNA
ncRNA	non-coding RNA
NPRA	natriuretic peptide receptor A
OVA	ovalbumin
PAI	plasminogen activator
PDE	phosphodiesterase
PMO	phosphoroamide morpholino oligomer
PNA	peptide nucleic acid
PS	phosphorothioate
RISC	RNA-induced silencing complex
RNAi	RNA interference
RSV	respiratory syncytial virus
SCF	stem cell factor
sh	short hairpin
siRNA	small interfering RNA
SOCS	suppressor of cytokine signaling
STAT	signal transducer and activator of transcription
TGF	transforming growth factor
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TNF	tumor necrosis factor
UTR	untranslated region
VLA	very late antigen