| 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine | DSPE |
| 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine | DOPC |
| 1,2-Distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine | DSPC |
| alveolar epithelial type I | AEC I |
| alveolar epithelial type II | AEC II |
| alveolar macrophages | AMs |
| AMP kinase | AMPK |
| Bone morphogenetic protein receptor | BMPR2 |
| Bovine serum albumin | BSA |
| CARSKNKDC | CAR |
| danger-associated molecular pattern | DAMP |
| dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol | DOTAP |
| dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine | DPPC |
| Emitted dose | ED |
| Endothelial-mesenchymal transition | EndMT |
| fine particle fraction | FPF |
| High Mobility Group-box | HMGB1 |
| hyaluronic acid | HA |
| Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose | HPMC |
| Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha | HIF-1α |
| Interleukins | IL |
| layer by-layer assembly | LbL |
| lipid nanoparticles | LN |
| Magnetic Nanoparticles | MNPs |
| mass median aerodynamic diameter | MMAD |
| mean pulmonary arterial pressure | mPAP |
| Monocrotaline model | MCT |
| Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein | (MCP)-1 |
| N,N′-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide | DCC |
| Nanoparticles | NPs |
| Nanostructured Lipid carriers | NLC |
| N-Hydroxysuccinimide | NHS |
| Nitric Oxide | NO |
| oxidative phosphorylation | OXPHOS |
| pattern recognition receptors | PRRs |
| PEGylated derivative of 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycero-3-PE | DSPE-mPEG2000 |
| Peroxisome-proliferator-activated-receptor-gamma | PPAR-γ |
| phosphodiesterase 5 | PDE5 |
| photon correlation spectroscopy | PCS |
| platelet-derived growth factor | PDGF |
| pluronic® mixed micelles | PMM |
| Poly (ADP)-ribose-1 | PARP-1 |
| poly(ε-caprolactone) | PCL |
| polydispersity index | PDI |
| Polyethylene glycol | PEG |
| poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid | PLGA |
| Polyvinylpyrrolidone | PVP |
| Pulmonary arterial endothelial | PAECs |
| Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension | PAH |
| Pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells | PASMCs |
| Pulmonary Hypertension | PH |
| pulmonary vascular resistance | PVR |
| pyruvate dehydrogenase | PDH |
| pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase | PDK |
| Reactive Oxygen Species | ROS |
| Right ventricle | RV |
| Self-Nanoemulsifying Drug Delivery System | SNEDDS |
| Superoxide dismutase | SOD |
| tissue-resident dendritic cells | DCs |
| Trifluoroacetic acid | TFA |
| tumor necrosis factor | TNF |
| Vasoactive intestinal peptide | VIP |