| nAChRs | Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| NOX | NADPH Oxidases |
| VECs | Vascular Endothelial Cells |
| NO | Nitric Oxide |
| AP1 | Activator Protein-1 |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase |
| ERK | Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal Kinases |
| p38 MAPK | Stress-Activated Protein Kinases |
| MMP-9 | Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 |
| NAIs | Negative Air Ions |
| SOD | Superoxide Dismutase |
| SHR | Spontaneously Hypertensive Rat |
| Fn1 | Fibronectin 1 |
| Spp1 | Secreted Phosphoprotein 1 |
| WKY | Wistar-Kyoto |
| SBP | Systolic Blood Pressure |
| HAECs | Human Aortic Endothelial Cells |
| 8-OHdG | 8-Hydroxylated Deoxyguanosine |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| ITGA5 | Integrin-α5 |
| EMT | Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition |
| ETS1 | E26 Transcription Factor-1 |