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. 2026 Jan 9;16(1):58. doi: 10.3390/metabo16010058
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
7,8-DHF 7,8-Dihydroxyflavone
Rot Rotenone
NO Nitric oxide
eNOS Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
DMAS Diabetes mellitus-accelerated atherosclerosis
Trk Tropomyosin receptor kinase 
Dox Doxorubicin
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
ERK Extracellular regulated protein kinase
PA Palmitic acid
7,8,3′-THF 7,8,3′-Trihydroxyflavone
DCM Diabetic cardiomyopathy
Foxo Forkhead box-O transcription factors
Akt Serine/threonine-specific protein kinase
I/R Ischemia/reperfusion
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
NGF Nerve growth factor
LDH Lactate dehydrogenase 
CNTF Ciliary neurotrophic factor
AAV Adeno associated virus
MANF Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor
JAK Janus kinase
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-B
CDNF Cerebral dopamine neurotrophic factor
TRPC Transient receptor potential canonical
Caspase Cysteinyl aspartate specific proteinase
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
VE-cadherin  Vascular endothelial cadherin
p75NTR p75 neurotrophin receptor
NT Neurotrophin
NTF Neurotrophic factor
GFRa GDNF family receptor alpha
GPI Glycosylphos-phoinositol
RET Rearranged during Transfection
gp130 Glycoprotein 130
NPTN Neuroplastin
HF Heart failure
UPR Unfolded protein response
GRP78 Glucose regulatory protein 78 
CAD Coronary artery disease 
CNS Central nervous system
MI Myocardial infarction
LV Left ventricle
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma-2
ROS Reactive oxygen species
NADPH  Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
GAP-43 Growth-associated protein 43
CaMKII Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II 
NE Norepinephrine
Ang II Angiotensin II
HIIT High-intensity interval training
RT Resistance training
VSMC Vascular smooth muscle cell
hMSCs Human multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells
Bmal1 Brain and muscle Arnt-like protein 1
TRPV1 Transient receptor potential vanilloid-1
CGRP Calcitonin gene-related peptide
YY1 Yin Yang 1 
PGC-1α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator 1α
SA Stable angina 
AMI Acute myocardial infarction
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
UA Unstable angina