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. 2020 May 6;21(9):3279. doi: 10.3390/ijms21093279
AEC Alveolar epithelial cell type
AP Activator protein
ATM Ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated
ATR Ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated and Rad3 related
BCAA Branch chain amino acid
BLM Bleomycin
BrdU Bromodeoxyuridine
CAF Cancer associated fibroblast
CCL CC-chemokine ligand
CDK Cyclin-dependent kinase
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CST Cystatin-S
CXCL C-X-C motif ligand
DAPI 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
DDR DNA damage response
DSB Double-strand breaks
ECM Extracellular matrix
ESM Extracellular senescence metabolome
GDF Growth/ differentiation factor
GPX Glutathione peroxidase
HMGB High mobility group box
IGF Insulin-like growth factor
IGFBP Insulin-like growth factor binding protein
IL Interleukin
ILD Interstitial lung disease
IMRT Intensity-modulated radiotherapy
IPF Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
IR Ionizing radiation
JAK Janus kinase
LAMB Lamin subunit beta
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
LT Leukotrien
MMP Matrix metalloprotease
MnTBAP Mn(III) tetrakis (4-benzoic acid) porphyrin
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
NFκB Nuclear factor kappa B
NK Natural killer cell
NRF Nuclear factor (erythroid-derived 2)-like
PAI Plasminogen activator protein
PG Prostagladin
PI3K Phosphoinositide-3-kinase
PTEN Phosphatase tensin homolog
P53 Tumor protein p53, celullar tumor antigen p53
Rb Retinoblastoma
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SA-β-gal Senescence-associated β-galactosidase
SAHF Senescence-associated heterochromatin foci
SASP Senescence-associated secretory phenotype
SBRT Stereotactic body radiation therapy
SERPIN Serine protease inhibitor
SERPINE Plasminogen activator inhibitor
SIPS Stress-induced premature senescence
SOD Superoxide dismutase
TGFβ Transforming growth factor beta
Rb Retinoblastoma protein
RT Radiotherapy
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
STC Stanniocalcin
TERT Telomerase reverse transcriptase
TIMP Tissue inhibitors of metallopeptidase
TR RNA template
XRT Irradiation
ZEB Zinc finger E-boxing binding homeobox