ADMA	asymmetric dimethylarginine
AGEs	advanced glycation end products
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
ATF6	activating transcription factor 6
BH4	tetrahydrobiopterin
CAD	coronary artery disease
CANTOS	Canakinumab Anti-inflammatory Thrombosis Outcomes Study
CCSs	chronic coronary syndromes
CDKN2A	cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 2A (p16^INK4a)
CFR	coronary flow reserve
cGAS	cyclic GMP–AMP synthase
CKD	chronic kidney disease
CMD	coronary microvascular dysfunction
DAMPs	damage-associated molecular patterns
DM	diabetes mellitus
DRP1	dynamin-related protein 1
EAT	epicardial adipose tissue
eGFR	estimated glomerular filtration rate
eNOS	endothelial nitric oxide synthase
ER	endoplasmic reticulum
EVs	extracellular vesicles
FAK	focal adhesion kinase
GPX4	glutathione peroxidase 4
HIF-1α	hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
IL	interleukin
IMR	index of microcirculatory resistance
INOCA	ischemia with non-obstructive coronary arteries
IRE1α	inositol-requiring enzyme-1α
KLF2/4	Krüppel-like factor 2/4
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MFR	myocardial flow reserve (PET-derived term corresponding to CFR)
MISEV2023	Minimal Information for Studies of Extracellular Vesicles 2023
mTOR	mechanistic target of rapamycin
mTORC1	mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1
mtDNA	mitochondrial DNA
NAD+	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NETs	neutrophil extracellular traps
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa B
NO	nitric oxide
NOX	NADPH oxidase
Nrf2	nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
OXPHOS	oxidative phosphorylation
PARs	protease-activated receptors
PERK	protein kinase R-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase
PET	positron emission tomography
PI3K–Akt	phosphoinositide 3-kinase–Akt signaling pathway
PKC	protein kinase C
PVAT	perivascular adipose tissue
RAGE	receptor for advanced glycation end products
RIPK	receptor-interacting protein kinase
ROS	reactive oxygen species
RRR	resistance reserve ratio
SASP	senescence-associated secretory phenotype
SGLT2	sodium–glucose cotransporter 2
SLE	systemic lupus erythematosus
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
STING	stimulator of interferon genes
TCA	tricarboxylic acid cycle
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α
UPR	unfolded protein response