| AKT/PKB | protein kinase B |
| BH4 | tetrahydrobiopterin |
| BK | bradykinin |
| BK-R | bradykinin receptor |
| CAAX | C-terminal CAAX motif (C, cysteine; A, aliphatic amino acid; X, any amino acid) |
| CaM | calmodulin |
| cGMP | cyclic guanosine monophosphate |
| CysNO | S-nitrosocysteine |
| DAG | diacylglycerol |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| ERK | extracellular signal-regulated kinases |
| FAD | flavin adenine dinucleotide |
| FMN | flavin mononucleotide |
| GAP | GTPase accelerating protein |
| GDP | guanosine diphosphate |
| GEF | guanine nucleotide exchange factors |
| GSNO | S-nitrosoglutathione |
| GTP | guanosine triphosphate |
| HIF | hypoxia-inducible factor |
| hnRNPK | heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K |
| HVR | hypervariable region |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MEK | mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase |
| NADPH | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| NMDA | N-methyl-D-aspartate |
| SNP | sodium nitroprusside |
| NF-kB | nuclear factor kappa B |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| NOS | nitric oxide synthase |
| NSC | neural stem cell |
| PEBP-1/RKIP | phosphatidylethanolamine binding protein 1/Raf kinase inhibitory protein |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide-3 kinase |
| PLC | phospholipase C |
| PTEN | phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| PTM | post-translational modification |
| RBD | Ras-binding domain |
| SNO | S-nitrosothiol |
| Src | non-receptor protein–tyrosine kinase (sarcoma) |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| UPS | ubiquitin-proteasome system |