ALI/ARDS	Acute Lung Injury/Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
AM	Alveolar macrophage
ASL	Alveolar surface liquid (thin fluid layer, also termed hypophase)
ATI	Alveolar type I epithelial cell
ATII	Alveolar type II epithelial cell
BAL	Bronchoalveolar lavage
CaCC	Ca2+-activated Cl- channels
CD39	Ectonucleotidase, converts ATP into AMP
CD73	Ectonucleotidase, dephosphorylates AMP into adenosine
CFTR	Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
ENaC	Epithelial Na+ channel
FACE	Fusion activated Ca2+-entry
Hypophase	Thin fluid layer covering the luminal alveolar surface
Inflammasome	Cytosolic multiprotein oligomers, involved in inflammatory responses
LB	Lamellar Body, surfactant storing organelle in alveolar type II epithelial cells
NK	Natural killer cell
NLRP3	Nucleotide-binding domain leucine-rich repeat (NLR) and pyrin domain containing receptor 3, Pattern recognition receptor
Treg	Regulatory T cell