| AFC | alveolar fluid clearance |
| aMSC | adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells |
| bmMSCs | bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells |
| CIT | cold ischemia time |
| DC | dendritic cells |
| DCD | donation after cardiac death |
| DCregs | regulatory dendritic cells |
| DGF | delayed graft function |
| ECD | extended criteria donors |
| EMS | exsanguinous metabolic support |
| EVLP | ex vivo lung perfusion |
| FGF | fibroblast growth factor |
| GvHD | graft-versus-host disease |
| HGF | hepatocyte growth factor |
| HLA-G5 | human leukocyte antigen-G5 |
| HMP | hypothermic machine perfusion |
| HOPE | hypothermic oxygenated perfusion |
| IDO | indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase |
| IGF | insulin-like growth factor |
| IL-6 | interleukin 6 |
| IL-8 | interleukin 8 |
| i.a. | intraarterial |
| IDF-1 i.c. |
insulin-like growth factor 1 intracardiacal |
| i.m. | intramuscular |
| i.p. | intraperitoneal |
| i.v. | intravenous |
| IRI KGF |
ischemia–reperfusion injury keratinocyte growth factor |
| LDH MEGF |
lactate dehydrogenase mouse epidermal growth factor |
| MP | machine perfusion |
| MSC | mesenchymal stem cells |
| MSC-EV | mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles |
| MMF | mycophenolate mofetil |
| M-CSF | macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| NK | natural killer cell |
| NGAL | neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin |
| NMP | normothermic machine perfusion |
| OCS | Organ Care System |
| RCT | randomized controlled trial |
| ROS SDF1 |
reactive oxygen species stromal cell-derived factor 1 |
| SCS | static cold storage |
| SOT TGF-β |
solid organ transplantation transforming growth factor beta |
| Treg | regulatory T cell |
| ucMSC | umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| WIT | warm ischemia time |