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. 2026 May 24;16(11):1603. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics16111603
AGE Advanced Glycation End-product
AKI Acute Kidney Injury
AngII Angiotensin II
AP-1 Activator Protein-1 (transcription factor complex)
ATAC-seq Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin using sequencing
ATF6 Activating Transcription Factor 6
ATP Adenosine Triphosphate
ATR Angiotensin receptor
CCL2 C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 2 (Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1)
CCR2 C-C Motif Chemokine Receptor 2
CFTR Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
CKD Chronic Kidney Disease
CSF1R Colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor
CTNS Cystinosin (gene mutated in cystinosis)
CXCL10 C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 10
CXCL16 C-X-C Motif Chemokine Ligand 16
CXCR3 C-X-C Chemokine Receptor 3
CXCR6 C-X-C Chemokine Receptor 6
CYR61 Cysteine-rich protein 61 (injury/stress-induced marker)
DAMP Damage-associated molecular pattern
DCT Distal Convoluted Tubule
DKD Diabetic Kidney Disease
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
ECM Extracellular Matrix
ELISA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
EMT Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition
ER Endoplasmic Reticulum
EV Extracellular Vesicle
L-FABP Liver-type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein
GFR Glomerular Filtration Rate
GWAS Genome-Wide Association Study
HAVCR1 (KIM-1) Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 1/Kidney Injury Molecule-1
IGFBP-7 Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-7
iIFTA Inflammation in interstitial fibrosis and tubular atrophy
IL Interleukin
IRE1 Inositol-Requiring Enzyme 1
KIM-1 Kidney Injury Molecule-1
KPMP Kidney Precision Medicine Project
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
ML Machine Learning
MR Mineralocorticoid receptor
NCC Sodium Chloride Cotransporter
NF-κB Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NFAT5 Nuclear Factor of Activated T Cells 5
NGAL Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin
NK Natural Killer (immune cell)
NKCC2 Na+-K+-2Cl− Cotransporter 2
NLRP3 NLR Family Pyrin Domain-Containing 3 (inflammasome component)
NNMT Nicotinamide-N-Methyltransferase
PDGF Platelet-Derived Growth Factor
PDGFR Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor
PENK Proenkephalin (tubular stress marker)
PERK PKR-like ER Kinase
PT Proximal Tubule
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
RTEC Renal Tubular Epithelial Cell
SASP Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
STING Stimulator of Interferon Genes
TA/IF Tubular atrophy/interstitial fibrosis
TAL Thick Ascending Limb
TAZ Transcriptional Co-Activator with PDZ-binding Motif
TGF-β Transforming Growth Factor-β
TIMP-2 Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-2
TMEM16A Transmembrane protein 16A (or anoctamin-1)
TNF Tumor Necrosis Factor
TRPV5 Transient Receptor Potential Cation Channel Subfamily V Member 5
UPR Unfolded Protein Response
VCAM1 Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
YAP Yes-Associated Protein