DM	Diabetes mellitus
IDF	The International Diabetes Federation
DKD	Diabetic kidney disease
T1DM	Type 1 Diabetes mellitus
T2DM	Type 2 Diabetes mellitus
eGFR	Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate
CKD	Chronic Kidney Diseases
ECM	Extracellular matrix
LC-MS/MS	Liquid Chromatography coupled with Mass Spectrometry
ELISA	Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay
2D GE-ESI-TOF-MS	Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis coupled with Electrospray Ionization Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
MRM	Multiple Reaction Monitoring
SRM	Selected Reaction Monitoring
FDR	False Discovery Rate
FC	Fold-change Ratio
DEPs	Differentially Expressed Proteins
PPI	Protein–protein interaction
GO	Gene Ontology
MCODE	Molecular Complex Detection Algorithm