| AAV | Adeno-associated virus |
| ACM | Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy |
| AKT | V-akt murine thymoma viral oncogene homolog |
| ANSD | auditory neuropathy spectrum disorders |
| ARVD/C | Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy |
| CMR | Cardiac magnetic resonance |
| CX | Connexin |
| DDR | DNA damage response |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| DSC | Desmocollin |
| DSG | Desmoglein |
| DSP | Desmoplakin |
| EAT | Epicardial adipose tissue |
| EDMD | Emery–Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| GLSs | Glia-like supporting cells |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HF | Heart failure |
| ICD | Implantable cardioverter defibrillator |
| IGF-1 | Insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| INM | Inner nuclear membrane |
| JUP | Junctional plakoglobin |
| KASH | Klarsicht, ANC1, Syne Homology |
| LINC | Nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton complex |
| mRNA | Messenger ribonucleic acid |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa B |
| ONM | Outer nuclear membrane |
| SUN | Sad1 and UNC-84 |
| SUMO | Small ubiquitin-like modifier |
| PKP | plakophilin |
| PPREs | Peroxisome proliferator response elements |
| PPAR | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| PNS | Perinuclear space |
| SCD | Sudden cardiac death |
| SR | Sarcoplasmic reticulum |
| TGF | Transforming growth factor |
| TMEM | Transmembrane protein |
| VTA | Ventricular tachyarrhythmia |
| WNT | Wingless and Int |
| ZO-1 | Zonula occludens-1 |