7-AAD	7-Aminoactinomycin D
BSA	Bovine Serum Albumin
CE–MS/MS	capillary electrophoresis combined with mass spectrometry
CKD	Chronic kidney disease
COL(I)	Collagen type I
COLα1 (I)	Collagen type I, alpha 1 chain
COLα2 (I)	Collagen type I, alpha 2 chain
COPD	chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CXCL	C-X-C Ligand
CXCR	C-X-C Chemokine receptor
EBM2	Endothelial Basal Medium
ECM	Extracellular Matrix
EDTA	Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
EGM2	Endothelial Growth Medium
ERK	Extracellular Regulated Kinase
FAK	Focal Adhesion Kinase
FBS	Fetal Bovine Serum
FDR	False Discovery Rate
FITC	Fluorescein isothiocyanate
HUVEC	Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
IP3	1,4,5-triphosphate
JNK	C-jun N-terminal kinase
LC–MS/MS	Liquid Chromatography—Mass spectrometry
MMP	Matrix-metalloproteinases
PAK	P21 (Rac1) Activated Kinase
PE	phycoerythrin
PFA	Paraformaldehyde
PBS	Phosphate-Buffered Saline
PKC	Protein Kinase C
PLC	Phospholipase C
PRAK	P38-regulated/activated protein kinase
PSM	Peptide-spectral match
STAT	Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription
TBS	Tris-buffered Saline
VEGF	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor