| ANRIL | Antisense non-coding RNA in the INK4 locus |
| BAX | Bcl-2-associated X protein |
| Blnc1 | Brown Fat lncRNA 1 |
| CVD | Cardiovascular disease |
| CASC2 | Cancer susceptibility candidate 2 |
| CREB | Cyclic AMP response element binding protein |
| CVDs | Cardiovascular diseases |
| DAG | Diacylglycerol |
| DCM | Diabetic cardiomyopathy |
| DLD | Diabetes lung disease |
| DN | Diabetic nephropathy |
| DR | Diabetic retinopathy |
| DRP1 | Dynamin related protein 1 |
| ERK1/2 | Extracellular signal-regulated protein kinase ½ |
| ETC | Electron transport chain |
| FoxP1 | Forehead box protein 1 |
| GLP-1 | Glucagon-like peptide 1 |
| GPx | Glutathione peroxidases |
| GRP78 | Glucose related protein 78 GRP78 |
| GSRs | Glutathione disulfide reductase |
| GSTs | Glutathione S transferase |
| HF1A-AS2 | Hypoxia inducible factor 1 alpha-antisense RNA 2 |
| HO1 | Heme oxygenase 1 |
| ICAM1 | Intracellular adhesion molecule 1 |
| IHD | Ischemic heart disease |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| IRS2 | Insulin stimulated receptor substrate 2 |
| lncRNA | Long non-coding RNA |
| LUCAT1 | Lung cancer associated transcript 1 |
| MALAT1 | Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript |
| MCP1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 |
| MDA | Malonaldehyde |
| Mfn2 | Mitofusin2 |
| MIAT | Myocardial infarction-associated transcript. |
| MnSOD | Manganese superoxide dismutase |
| NEAT1 | Nuclear paraspeckle assembly transcript 1 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor-kappa B |
| NKILA | NF-κB-interacting long noncoding RNA |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| NOX2 | NAPDH oxidase 2 |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2 |
| OPA1 | Optic atrophy protein 1 |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SOD | Superoxide dismutase |
| T1DM | Type 1 diabetes mellitus |
| T2DM | Type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| TNFα | Tumor necrotic factor α |
| TPR | Translocated promoter region |
| VHD | Valvular heart disease |