AGEs	Advanced glycation end products
ALK5	Transforming growth factor, beta receptor I
APCs	Antigen-presenting cells
Apo	Apolipoprotein
BCR	B cell receptor
bFGF	Basic fibroblast growth factor
BH4	Tetrahydrobiopterin
CD36	Cluster of differentiation 36
DCs	Dendritic cells
ECEs	ET converting enzymes
ET-1	Endothelin-1
eNOS	Endothelial isoform of NOS
GTP	Guanosine 5′-triphosphate
GTPCH I	Guanosine 5′-triphosphate cyclohydrolase I
HSP	Heat shock proteins
ICAM-1	Intercellular adhesion molecule-1
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KLF2	Kruppel-like factor 2
LDL	Low-density lipoprotein
LFA-1	Lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1
LOX-1	Lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1
LPL	Lipoprotein lipase
LSS	Laminar shear stress
Ox-LDL	Oxidized LDL
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCP-1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
M-CSF	Macrophage colony stimulating factors
MHC-II	Major histocompatibility complex class II
MMPs	Matrix metalloproteinases
NADPH	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NK T cells	Natural killer T cells
NO	Nitric oxide
NOS	NO synthase
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
PGI2	Prostaglandin I2
PRRs	Pattern recognition receptors
PSGL-1	P-selectin glycoprotein 1
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SMAD3	Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3
SMC	Smooth muscle cell
SR	Scavenger receptor
Th1	Type 1 T helper response
TG	Triacylglycerol
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TxA2	Thromboxane A2
VCAM-1	Vascular-cell adhesion molecule 1
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VLA-4	Very late antigen-4
VLDL	Very low-density lipoproteins
VWF	Von Willebrand factor