| Ang-1 | Angiopoietin 1 |
| APAH | associated PAH |
| BPA | Balloon pulmonary angioplasty |
| BMPR2 | Bone morphogenetic protein receptor type II |
| BMPs | Bone morphogenetic proteins |
| tacrolimus | Calcineurin inhibitor FK506 |
| CCL | Chemokine C-C motif ligand |
| CXCL | Chemokine C-X3-C motif ligand |
| CTEPH | Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension |
| CHD | Congenital heart disease |
| CTD-PAH | Connective tissue disease associated PAH |
| DC-SIGN | Dendritic cell- specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3 grabbing non- integrin |
| DCs | Dendritic cells |
| DMF | Dimethyl fumarate |
| Tfh | Follicular T-helper cells |
| FC | Functional class |
| γδ | Gamma delta |
| HPAH | Heritable PAH |
| TCRs | Heterodimeric T-cell receptors |
| HIF-1α | Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α |
| IPAH | Idiopathic PAH |
| IL | Interleukin |
| LTB4 | Leukotriene B4 |
| CCL3 | Macrophage inflammatory protein-1α |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility complex |
| MCs | Mast cells |
| MMP-9 | Matrix metallopeptidase 9 |
| MCTD | Mixed connective tissue diseases |
| MCT | Monocrotaline |
| mo-DCs | Monocyte-derived DCs |
| MPO | Myeloperoxidase |
| NIAD | National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases |
| NK | Natural killer cells |
| NYHA | New York Heart Association |
| NF-κβ | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NFAT | Nuclear factor of activated T cell |
| Porto-pulmonary PAH | PAH due to liver disease |
| PPHN | Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn |
| PlGF | Placental growth factor |
| pDCs | Plasmacytoid DCs |
| PAH | Pulmonary arterial hypertension |
| PAP | Pulmonary arterial pressures |
| PASMCs | Pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells |
| PEA | Pulmonary endarterectomy |
| PH | Pulmonary hypertension |
| PVR | Pulmonary vascular resistance |
| PVOD | Pulmonary veno-occlusive disease |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RELMα | Resistin-like molecule-α |
| RV | Right ventricular |
| RVH | Right ventricular hypertrophy |
| SU/Hx | Sugen/hypoxia |
| SLE | Systemic lupus erythematosus |
| SSc | Systemic sclerosis |
| TLOs | Tertiary lymphoid organs |
| Th | T-helper cell |
| TSP-1 | Thrombospondin-1 |
| TNFAIP3 | TNF Alpha Induced Protein 3 |
| NRF2 | Transcriptional regulator nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor beta |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| cDC1s | Type 1 conventional DCs |
| cDC2s | Type 2 cDCs |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |