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. 2020 Sep 19;21(18):6878. doi: 10.3390/ijms21186878
CRS Chronic rhinosinusitis
EPOS European Position Paper on Rhinosinusitus and Nasal Polyps
CRSwNP CRS with nasal polyps
CRSsNP CRS without nasal polyps
AFRS allergic fungal rhinosinusitis
eCRS eosinophilic CRS
CCAD central compartment allergic disease
GPA Granulomatosis with polypangiitis
PO-MSCs Polyp derived mesenchymal stem cells
EMT Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
α-SMA alpha-smooth muscle actin
MMP Matrix metalloproteinases
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
SMAD Small Mothers Against Decapentaplegic
IFNγ Interferon γ
Th2 T helper Type2 T helper
ILC2 Type2 innate helper lymphoid cells
CCL11 Eotaxin-1
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor
2ME2 Methoxyestradiol
17-AAG 17-allylaminogeldanamycin
AGE Advanced Glycation Endproducts
RAGE Receptor for advanced glycation endproducts
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinases
MEK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase
Wnt Wingless-Type MMTV Integration Site Family
GSK3 Glycogen synthase kinase 3
PPARγ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
XBP1 X-box binding protein 1
PBA 4-phenylbutylic acid
PP2 c-Src kinase inhibitor
GRP78 Glucose-regulated protein 78
PNECs Primary nasal epithelial cells
PTEN Phosphatase And Tensin Homolog
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
NF-κB Nuclear factor-κB
JAK-STAT Janus Kinase-Signal transducer and activator of transcription
HNEpCS Human Nasal Epithelial Cells
ROG Rosiglitazone
ZO-1 Zonula occludens-1
HDAC Histone Deacetylase
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
PROM1 Prominin-1
ABCB1 ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 1
HNF1 Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1-alpha
BM-MSCs Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
POU2F1 POU Class 2 Homeobox 1
TFAP4 Transcription Factor AP-4
GDF6 Growth Differentiation Factor 6
KDR Kinase Insert Domain Receptor
FGF10 Fibroblast Growth Factor 10
GDF5 Growth/differentiation factor 5
HLA-DR Major Histocompatibility Complex, Class II, DR Alpha
PDL-1 Programmed death-ligand 1
PDL-2 Programmed death-ligand 2
RORC RAR Related Orphan Receptor C
HMGB1 High mobility group box 1 protein
FOXP3 -2 Forkhead box protein 3-2
CCL18 C-C motif) ligand 18
GALNT7 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 7
RUNX2 Runt-related transcription factor 2
BMP2 Bone morphogenetic protein-2
BSP Bone sialoprotein
OSX Osterix
COL1 type I collagen
FABP4 Fatty acid-binding protein 4
Sox9 SRY-Box Transcription Factor 9
Col2A type IIA collagen
NF-H Neurofilamen heavy chain
NF-L Neurofilamen light chain
GFAP Glial fibrillary acidic protein
MAP2 Mutual protection of microtubule-associated protein 2
O4 Oct4
ADSC Adipose stem cell