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. 2026 Mar 22;15(3):399. doi: 10.3390/antiox15030399
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
AGO2 Argonaute2
ADMA Asymmetric Dimethylarginine
AKAP121 A-kinase anchor protein 121
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
ATP5A1 ATP synthase F1 subunit alpha
ADP Adenosine diphosphate
AKT Protein kinase B
BNIP3 BCL2/adenovirus E1B 19 kDa interacting protein 3
BDH1 3-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase 1
BRD4 Bromodomain protein 4
CVD Cardiovascular disease
COX5b Cytochrome C oxidase subunit 5B
CD36 Cluster of differentiation 36
CDK1 Cyclin-dependent kinases
CYTB Cytochrome b
DCM Diabetic cardiomyopathy
Drp1 Dynamin-related protein 1
ERα Estrogen receptor α
EndMT Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition
Empa Empagliflozin
eNOS Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
ETC Electron transport chain
FIS1 Fission1
FGF21 Fibroblast growth factor 21
FUNDC1 FUN14 domain containing 1
FOXO3 Forkhead box O3
GTPase GTP hydrolysis
GCLC Glutamate–cysteine ligase catalytic subunit
GABARAP Gamma–aminobutyric acid receptor-associated protein
GPX4 Glutathione Peroxidase 4
GRP78 Glucose-regulated protein78kD
GSH Glutathione
GLP-1RAs GLP-1 receptor agonists
GTP Guanosine triphosphate
HF Heart failure
HFpEF Heart failure and preserved ejection fraction
HFrEF Heart failure and reduced ejection fraction
HO-1 Heme oxygenase-1
IMM Inner mitochondrial membrane
IDH2 Isocitrate dehydrogenase
LCAD Long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency
LC3 Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3
LIR LC3 interaction region
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
MACE Major adverse cardiovascular events
MDA Malondialdehyde
MICU1 Mitochondrial calcium uptake 1
MCU Mitochondrial calcium uniporter
MR Mineralocorticoid receptor
MRA Mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists
MMP Mitochondrial membrane potential
MFN1 Mitofusin 1
MFF Mitochondrial fission factor
MiD51 Mitochondrial dynamics proteins of 51 kDa
MiD49 Mitochondrial dynamics proteins of 49 kDa
MTFP1 Mitochondrial fission process 1
MFN2 Mitofusin 2
MDVs Mitochondria-derived vesicles
MnSOD Mn superoxide dismutase
NHE-1 Sodium–hydrogen exchanger 1
NLRP3 NOD-like receptor family pyrin domain containing
NIX NIP3-like protein X
NO Nitric oxide
NMCMs Neonatal Mouse Cardiac Myocytes
NRCMs Neonatal Rat Cardiomyocytes
NRVCs Neonatal Rat Ventricular Cardiomyocytes
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NRF-1 Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1
NRF-2 Nuclear Factor erythroid-derived 2-like 2
NF-κB Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
Nox4 NADPH oxidase 4
NGR1 Notoginsenoside R1
OPA1 Optic Atrophy 1
OMM Outer mitochondrial membrane
OMA1 Overlapping with the M-AAA protease 1 homolog
OXCT1 3-Oxoacid CoA-Transferase 1
PPA2 Pyrophosphatase phosphatase 2A
PD Parkinson’s disease
PINK1 PTEN-induced putative kinase 1
Parkin E3 ubiquitin–protein ligase parkin
PGC-1α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha
PPAR-γ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SLMAP Sarcolemma-associated protein
SIRT1 Sirtuin 1
SMEM Small MTFP1-enriched mitochondria
SGLT2 Sodium–glucose co-transporter 2
SGLT2i Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors
SP1 Specificity Protein 1
SIRT3 Sirtuin 3
SOD Super Oxide Dimutese
TZD Thiazolidinedione
TFAM Mitochondrial transcription factor A
TCA Tricarboxylic acid
T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus
T1DM Type 1 diabetes mellitus
TRPV1 Transient receptor potential vanilloid 1
UCP2 Uncoupling Protein 2
XBP1s X-box binding protein-1