AMP	Adenosine monophosphate
AMPK	Adenosine monophosphate kinase
ARE	Antioxidant response element
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
βTrCP	β-transducin repeat containing protein
CAPE	Caffeic acid phenethyl ester
Cul3	Cullin-3 based ligase
CVD	Cardiovascular disease
DJ-1	Protein deglycase
ECs	endothelial cells
EGCG	Epigallocatechin-3-gallate
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
GCL	Glutamate cysteine ligase
GR	Glutathione reductase
Grx	Glutaredoxin
GSK-3	Glycogen synthase kinase-3
GST	Glutathione S-transferase
HDACs	histone deacetylases
HO-1	Heme oxygenase-1
Keap1	Kelch-like enoyl-CoA hydratase-associated protein 1
Maf	Musculo-aponeurotic fibrosarcoma protein
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
miRNA	microRNA
NAD(P)H	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide reduced form, with or without a phosphate
NO	nitric oxide
NQO1	NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase-1
Nrf2	Nuclear erythroid-2 like factor-2
Nrf2+/+	The wild type of Nrf2, in which both copies of the gene coding for Nrf2 are present
Nrf2−/−	The genotype in which neither of the genes coding for Nrf2 are present
OS	oscillatory disturbed shear
p53	A tumor suppressor protein with a molecular weight of 53 kiloDaltons
PERK	Protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate
PKR	Protein kinase R
PtdIns(3,4,5)-P3	Phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SOD	Superoxide dismutase
SRC	Sarcoma
SRXN	Sulfiredoxin
TCDD	2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzodioxin
TXN	Thioredoxin
TXNRD	Thioredoxin reductase
µM	micromoles per liter
UPR	Unfolded protein response
VCAM-1	Vascular adhesion molecule-1