| ADMA | asymmetric dimethyl-l-arginine |
| AP site | apurinic/apyrimidinic site; abasic site |
| BER | base excision repair |
| BRCA1 | breast cancer 1 |
| DDR | DNA-damage response |
| DSB | DNA double strand breaks |
| EC | endothelial cell |
| HR | homologous recombination |
| MMEJ | microhomology-mediated end joining |
| MMR | mismatch repair |
| NER | nucleotide excision repair |
| NHEJ | non-homologous end joining |
| PAEC | pulmonary artery endothelial cell |
| PAH | pulmonary arterial hypertension |
| PARP1 | poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 |
| PASMC | pulmonary artery smooth muscle cell |
| PH | pulmonary hypertension |
| RNS | reactive nitrogen species |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SSB | DNA single-strand break |