| 4-PBA | 4-phenylbutyrate |
| AARE | Amino-acid responsive element |
| AEC | Alveolar epithelial cell |
| ATF | Activating transcription factor |
| BAPTA | 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N,N-tetraacetic acid |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| ERSE | ER stress element |
| HIF | Hypoxia inducible factor |
| HRE | Hypoxia responsive element |
| IPF | Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis |
| IRE-1 | Inositol-requiring endonuclaease-1 |
| mRNA | messenger RNA |
| PERK | PKR-ER like kinase |
| RL | Renilla reniformis luciferase |
| TTF1 | Thyroid transcription factor 1 |
| UPR | Unfolded protein response |
| YC-1 | 5′-hydroxymethyl-2′-furyl)-1-benzyl indazole |
| ZO-1 | Zonula occludens 1 |