AAV	Adeno-associated virus
AAV9/AAV-DJ	Adeno-associated virus serotype 9/DJ capsid variant
ACKR3	Atypical chemokine receptor 3
ACTA2 (α-SMA)	Alpha smooth muscle actin
ACE/ACEi	Angiotensin-converting enzyme/ACE inhibitor
ANGPT1	Angiopoietin-1
ANGPTL4	Angiopoietin-like 4
ATAC-seq	Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin using sequencing
β-blocker	Beta adrenergic receptor blocker
BRD4	Bromodomain-containing protein 4
CAR	Chimeric antigen receptor
CCL19/CCL21	C-C motif chemokine ligand 19/21
CD146 (MCAM)	Melanoma cell adhesion molecule
iCMs	Induced cardiomyocyte-like cells
CF(s)	Cardiac fibroblast(s)
CMs	Cardiomyocytes
COL1A1/COL1A2/COL3A1	Collagen type I alpha-1/alpha-2, type III alpha-1
COL15A1	Collagen type XV alpha-1
CRISPR	Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
CTGF	Connective tissue growth factor
CTHRC1	Collagen triple helix repeat-containing 1
CTCF	CCCTC-binding factor
CXCL10/CXCL12	C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10/12
DCN	Decorin
dCas9	Dead Cas9
DDR2	Discoidin domain receptor 2
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
DTA	Diphtheria toxin A
DTR	Diphtheria toxin receptor
DUSP	Dual specificity phosphatase (family)
ECM	Extracellular matrix
ED-A fibronectin (FN1-ED-A)	Extra-domain A fibronectin
EMT	Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
EndoMT	Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition
EP300 (p300), KAT5 (TIP60), SRCAP	Chromatin regulators
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
EV(s)	Extracellular vesicle(s)
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
FAP	Fibroblast activation protein-α
FGF2	Fibroblast growth factor 2
FSP1 (S100A4)	Fibroblast-specific protein 1
GATA4	GATA-binding protein 4
GHMT	GATA4–HAND2–MEF2C–TBX5 (reprogramming cocktail)
GMT/GMT-H	GATA4, MEF2C, TBX5 (and HAND2)
GLI1	GLI family zinc finger 1
GLS1	Glutaminase 1
HAND2	Heart And Neural Crest Derivatives Expressed 2
H3K27me3	Histone H3 lysine 27 trimethylation
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
HF	Heart failure
HFpEF	Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction
iPSC(s)	Induced pluripotent stem cell(s)
IGF1	Insulin-like growth factor 1
IL-1β/IL-6/IL-11	Interleukin-1 beta/Interleukin-6/Interleukin-11
IL-33	Interleukin-33
ITGAL	Integrin alpha L (CD11a)
ITGB1 (ITGβ1)	Integrin beta-1
LNP(s)	Lipid nanoparticle(s)
LOX	Lysyl oxidase
LOXL2	Lysyl oxidase-like 2
lncRNA	Long non-coding RNA
LRP1	LDL receptor-related protein 1
LUM	Lumican
MD2	Myeloid differentiation factor 2
MDK	Midkine
MEF2C	Myocyte enhancer factor 2C
MI	Myocardial infarction
miRNA	MicroRNA
mRNA	Messenger RNA
MHC-II	Major histocompatibility complex class II
MYC	Myc proto-oncogene
NG2 (CSPG4)	Neuron-glial antigen 2/Chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4
NKX2-5	NK2 homeobox 5
NOX4	NADPH oxidase 4
PDGFRα	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha
PDGFRβ	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta
PI16	Peptidase inhibitor 16
PLGA-PEI	Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)–polyethyleneimine (nanocarrier)
POSTN	Periostin
RGS5	Regulator of G-protein signaling 5
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
SCA-1	Stem cell antigen-1
SERPINE1 (PAI-1)	Serpin family E member 1
SMAD2/3	Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2/3 (TGF-β effectors)
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TBX18/TBX20/TBX5	T-box transcription factors 18/20/5
TEAD	Transcriptional enhanced associate domain
TCF21	Transcription factor 21
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor beta
TGF-βR1	TGF-β receptor type I
THY1 (CD90)	Thymocyte differentiation antigen 1
TIMPs/TIMP1/TIMP3	Tissue inhibitor(s) of metalloproteinases 1/3
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
VEGFA	Vascular endothelial growth factor A
VIM	Vimentin
WT1	Wilms tumor 1
WNT	Wnt signaling pathway
YAP/TAZ	Yes-associated protein/Transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif