α1AT	Alpha 1-anti-trypsin
ADAR	Adenosine deaminases acting on RNA
AhR	Aryl hydrocarbon receptor
AUF1	AU-binding factor 1
ARE	AU-rich elements
AS	Alternative splicing
BAL	Bronchoalveolar lavage
CCL	C-C motif ligand
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COX-2/PTGS2	Cyclooxygenase-2
CS	Cigarette smoke
CSE	Cigarette smoke extract
CXCL	C-X-C motif ligand
EMT	Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
GOLD	Global initiative for chronic obstructive lung disease
GR	Glucocorticoid receptors
hnRNP	Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein
HOTAIR	HOX transcript antisense RNA
HuR	Hu antigen R
IL	Interleukin
IRP2	Iron-responsive element binding protein 2
LCPAT1	Lung cancer progression–association transcript 1
Linc-RoR	LincRNA regulator of reprogramming
LncRNA	Long non-coding RNAs
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
MALAT1	Metastasis-associated in lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
MEG3	Maternally expressed gene 3
MiRNA/MiR	MicroRNA
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
NE	Neutrophil Elastase
NF-κB	Nuclear Factor Kappa B
PABP	Poly(A)-binding protein
RBD	RNA-binding domain
RBM5	RNA-binding motif protein 5
RBP	RNA-binding protein
RISC	RNA-induced silencing complex
RNP	Ribonucleoprotein
SCAL1	Smoke and cancer–associated lncRNA–1
SGs	Stress granules
TIA-1	T-cell Intracellular Antigen 1
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor α
TTP	Tristetraprolin
UTR	Untranslated region
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor