ARMS-PCR	Amplification Refractory Mutation System–Polymerase Chain Reaction
Ca2+	Calcium Ion
CNPq	Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
DAG	Diacylglycerol
DFU	Diabetic Foot Ulcer
DM	Diabetes Mellitus
DNP	Diabetic Nephropathy
DPN	Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
DR	Diabetic Retinopathy
ERK	Extracellular signal-Regulated Kinase
FAK	Focal Adhesion Kinase
GDM	Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
IP3	Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate
KASP	Kompetitive Allele Specific PCR
MAPK	Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MEK	MAPK/ERK Kinase
mTOR	Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
NPDR	Non-Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
OSF	Open Science Framework
PDR	Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
PCR	Polymerase Chain Reaction
PCR/LDR	Polymerase Chain Reaction–Ligase Detection Reaction
PCR-RFLP	Polymerase Chain Reaction–Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
PKC	Protein Kinase C
PLCγ	Phospholipase C gamma
PRISMA-ScR	Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews
SNP	Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism
T1DM	Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
T2DM	Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
TAQMAN	TaqMan Allelic Discrimination Assay
UTR	Untranslated Region
VEGF	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
VEGFA	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
VEGFB	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor B
VEGFC	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor C
VEGFD	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor D
VEGFR1	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 1
VEGFR2	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 2
VEGFR3	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor 3