| ACEI | angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor |
| Ang II | angiotensin II |
| ARB | angiotensin receptor blocker |
| ASV | amplicon sequence variant |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| BNP | brain natriuretic peptide |
| CAG | cycloastragenol |
| ChIP | chromatin immunoprecipitation |
| CKMB | creatine kinase-MB |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DHE | dihydroethidium |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium |
| EdU | 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine |
| EF | ejection fraction |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| ERK | extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HE | hematoxylin and eosin |
| HRP | horseradish peroxidase |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| IF | immunofluorescence |
| IHC | immunohistochemistry |
| IL | interleukin |
| IP | immunoprecipitation |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal kinase |
| KEGG | Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes |
| LAMP1 | lysosome-associated membrane protein 1 |
| LC3 | microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 |
| LVIDd | left ventricular internal diameter in diastole |
| LVIDs | left ventricular internal diameter in systole |
| LVFS | left ventricular fractional shortening |
| LVEF | left ventricular ejection fraction |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MDC | monodansylcadaverine |
| NMDS | non-metric multidimensional scaling |
| NT-proBNP | N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide |
| P62 | sequestosome 1 |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PERMANOVA | permutational multivariate analysis of variance |
| PLS-DA | partial least squares discriminant analysis |
| qPCR | quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| TUNEL | terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling |
| UPLC | ultra-performance liquid chromatography |
| WB | Western blot |
| WGA | wheat germ agglutinin |