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. 2025 Sep 20;14(18):1471. doi: 10.3390/cells14181471
α-SMA α-Smooth Muscle Actin
ATP Adenosine Triphosphate
PIIINP Amino-Terminal Propeptide of Procollagen Type III
AMPK AMP-Activated Protein Kinase
ACE Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
AIC Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity
BNP B-Type Natriuretic Peptide
PICP Carboxy-Terminal Propeptide of Procollagen Type I
CCT Cardiac Computed Tomography
CFs Cardiac Fibroblasts
cTnI Cardiac Troponin I
cTnT Cardiac Troponin T
CMR Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
CCN2 Cellular Communication Network Factor 2
CTGF Connective Tissue Growth Factor
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DOX Doxorubicin
ECM Extracellular Matrix
ECV Extracellular Volume
FGF21 Fibroblast Growth Factor 21
GLS Global Longitudinal Strain
GDF-15 Growth Differentiation Factor-15
HCFs Human Cardiac Fibroblasts
IKK IκB kinase
IκBα Inhibitor of IκBα
IL Interleukin
LV Left Ventricular
LVEF Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase
MPO Myeloperoxidase
NT-proBNP N-terminal fragment of BNP
NTT-MMP N-Terminal Truncated MMP
NK-1R Neurokinin-1 Receptor
NHDFs Normal Human Dermal Fibroblasts
NFκB Nuclear Factor κB
Nrf2 Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2-Related Factor 2
PLD Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin
PI3 Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
AKT Protein kinase B
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
RV Right Ventricle
SASP Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype
sST2 Soluble Suppression of Tumorigenicity-2
STE Speckle-Tracking Echocardiography
TIMP Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases
Top2β Topoisomerase IIβ
TGF Transforming Growth Factor
TNF Tumor necrotic factor