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. 2019 Feb 5;20(3):678. doi: 10.3390/ijms20030678
AP-1 Activator protein 1
APC Antigen presenting cell
Arp Actin regulated protein
ASM Airway smooth muscle
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
BAL Bronchoalveolar lavage
BMDM Bone marrow derived macrophages
cAMP Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CCL C-C motif chemokine ligand
CD Cluster of differentiation
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CXCL C-X-C motif chemokine ligand
dsRNA Double stranded ribonucleic acid
DUSP Dual specificity phosphatase
EGF Epidermal growth factor
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
ERK Extracellular signal regulated kinase
G-CSF Granulocyte colony stimulating factor
GM-CSF Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor
GR Glucocorticoid receptor
GRO Growth related oncogene
Hsp Heat shock protein
hVHR3 Human vaccinia virus related phosphatase 3
IFN Interferon
IFNAR Interferon-α/β receptor
Ig Immunoglobulin
IKK IκB kinase
IL Interleukin
IRF Interferon regulatory factor
ISG Interferon stimulated gene
ISGF Interferon stimulated gene factor
JAK Janus kinase
JKAP JNK pathway associated phosphatase
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
Lck Lymphocyte specific protein tyrosine kinase
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MAPK Mitogen activated protein kinase
MAVS Mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein
MEK MAPK/ERK kinase
MKP MAPK phosphatase
MUC Mucin
MyD88 Myeloid differentiation primary response gene
NF-κB Nuclear factor of κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NFATc Nuclear factor of activated T cells
PKC Protein kinase C
Poly(I:C) Polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid
PRR Pattern recognition receptor
RhoA Ras homolog gene family member A
RLR Retinoic acid inducible gene-like receptor
RSV Respiratory syncytial virus
siRNA Small interfering RNA
ssRNA Single stranded RNA
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
Syk Spleen tyrosine kinase
TAB Transforming growth factor β-activated kinase 1-binding protein
TAK Transforming growth factor β-activated kinase
TCR T cell receptor
Th T helper
TLR Toll like receptor
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
Treg T regulatory
TRIF TIR-domain containing adaptor-inducing interferon-β
TSLP Thymic stromal lymphoprotein
Tyk Tyrosine kinase
vRNP Viral ribonucleoprotein
ZAP Zeta-chain associated protein kinase