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. 2020 May 17;12(5):1265. doi: 10.3390/cancers12051265
4-ABP 4-aminobiphenyl
8-oxoG 8-oxi-7,8-dihydroguanine
AAH Atypical adenomatous hyperplasia
ACE Angiotensin-converting-enzyme
Ach acetylcholine
ADC Adenocarcinoma
ALK Anaplastic lymphoma kinase
ARBs Angiotensin receptor blockers
ARE Antioxidant response element
ATBC Alpha-Tocopherol Beta Carotene
B(a)P Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P)
CARET β-Carotene and Retinol efficacy Study
CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention
CIS Squamous dysplasia and carcinoma
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase-2
DEC Dysfunctional endothelial cells
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EVALI E-cigarette, or vaping, product use–associated lung injury
HNE Trans-4-hydroxy-2-nonenal
IGF Insulin-like growth factor
IEN Intraepithelial neoplasia
Keap-1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
MDA Malondialdehyde
nAChR nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
NF-κB Nuclear factor-κB
NNAL Nnitrosamine alcohol
NNK Nitrosamine ketone
NNN N-nitrosonicotine
Nrf2 Nuclear factor E2-related factor 2
NSAIDs Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
NSCLC Non-small cell lung cancer
p38 MAPK p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases
PGE-2 COX2/prostaglandin E2
PPARγ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SCLC Small cell lung cancer
SCC Squamous cell carcinomas
Se Selenium
TKIs TK inhibitors
TZD Thiazolidinedione