| ARDS | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| MEM-α | Alpha Minimum Essential Eagle Medium |
| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| BM | Bone Marrow |
| BAL | Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid |
| CM | Conditioned Medium |
| CINC-1 | Cytokine-Induced Neutrophil Chemoattractant 1 |
| DF | Dermal Fibroblast |
| ELISA | Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| EDTA | Ethylenediamine Tetra Acetic Acid |
| FGF | Fibroblast Growth Factor |
| IFN-γ | Interferon Gamma |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1 Beta |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| KGF | Keratinocyte Growth Factor |
| MSC | Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cell |
| NFκB | Nuclear Factor Kappa B |
| PaO2 | Partial pressure of arterial oxygen |
| PBS | Phosphate-Buffered Saline |
| PEEP | Positive End-Expiratory Pressure |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| MTT | Thiazolyl Blue Tetrazolium Bromide |
| TNF-α | Tumour Necrosis Factor-Alpha |
| UC | Umbilical Cord |
| VILI | Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury |