| Apaf-1 | apoptotic protease-activating factor |
| CCCP | carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone |
| COX | cytochrome c oxidase |
| Cytc | cytochrome c |
| ECAR | extracellular acidification rate |
| ETC | electron transport chain |
| EV | empty vector |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| I/R | ischemia-reperfusion |
| OCR | oxygen consumption rate |
| OGD/R | oxygen–glucose deprivation/reoxygenation |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| pCMF | p-carboxymethyl-L-phenylalanine |
| PI | propidium iodide |
| PTMs | post-translational modifications |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| WT | wild-type |
| Y97E | tyrosine 97 of cytochrome c replaced with glutamate |
| Y97F | tyrosine 97 of cytochrome c replaced with phenylalanine |
| ΔΨm | mitochondrial membrane potential |