ADAM	Disintegrin and metalloprotease
AF	Activation function
AHR	Airway hyperresponsiveness
AP-1	Activator protein-1
ASM	Airway smooth muscle
CCL11	Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 11
CCL19	Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 19
CD	Cluster of differentiation
COPD	Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
COX-2	Cyclo-oxygenase-2
CREB/CRE	cAMP response element-binding protein/cAMP response elements
CTGF	Connective tissue growth factor
CXCL8	Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 8
DBD	DNA-binding domain
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
FEV1	Forced expiratory volume during 1 s
FP	Fluticasone propionate
GCI	Glucocorticoid insensitivity
GCs	Glucocorticoids
GILZ	Glucocorticoid-induced leucine zipper
GM-CSF GPCR	Macrophage-colony-stimulating factor G protein-coupled receptor
GR	Glucocorticoid receptor
GREs	Glucocorticoid response elements
GRIP-1	GR-interacting protein-1
HDAC	Histone deacetylase
hGR	Human glucocorticoid receptor
hsp90	Heat shock protein 90
ICAM	Intercellular adhesion molecules
IFNγ	Interferon gamma
IgE	Immunoglobulin E
IGF	Insulin-like growth factor-1
IGFBP1	Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 1
IKK	IκB kinase
IL	Interleukin
IRF-1	Interferon regulatory factor 1
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
LABA	Long-acting β2-adrenoceptor agonist
LBD	Ligand-binding domain
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinases
MEK/ERK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MKP-1 MMP-12	Mitogen-activated kinase phosphatase-1 Matrix metalloproteinase 12
MSK1	Mitogen and stress-activated protein kinase 1
NF-κB	Nuclear factor-κB
Nr3cl	Nuclear receptor 3, group C, member 1
Nrf2	Nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2
NTD	N-terminal domain
PBMCs	Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PDGF-BB	Platelet-derived growth factor
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKB/AKT	Protein kinase B
PPs	Protein phosphatases
RANTES	Regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted
S1P	Sphingosine 1-phosphate
Ser	Serine
siRNA	Small interfering RNA
SRps	Serine/arginine rich proteins
STAT1	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1
TFs	Transcription factors
TGFβ	Transforming growth factor-β
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
UTR	Untranslated regions
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor