asRNA	antisense transcripts from coding regions
ASVD	arteriosclerotic vascular disease
ATH	Atherosclerosis
CAC	coronary artery calcification
CAD	coronary artery disease
circRNA	circular noncoding RNA
eQTL	expression quantitative trait locus
ECM	extracellular matrix
EMT	epithelial–mesenchymal transition
FH	familial hypercholesterolemia
GWAS	genome-wide association studies
HIV	human immunodeficiency virus
LINE	long interspersed nuclear element
ncRNA	noncoding RNA
lncRNA	long noncoding RNA
lincRNA	long intergenic noncoding RNA
MACE	major adverse cardiovascular event
miRNA	microRNA
piRNA	piwi-interacting RNA
PRC	polycomb repressive complex
PRR	pattern recognition receptor
RAAS	renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SMC	smooth muscle cells
SNP	single-nucleotide polymorphism
SINE	short interspersed nuclear element
SRP	signal recognition particle
TSS	transcription start site
UTR	untranslated region
VEC	vascular endothelial cell
Ang II	angiotensin II
ACE	angiotensin-converting enzyme
ANRIL/CDKN2B-AS1	antisense noncoding RNA in the INK4 locus, CDKN2B antisense 1
BCR	B-cell receptor
CBX7	chromobox protein homolog 7
CDK	cyclin-dependent kinase
FKBP9	FK506 binding protein 9
GTSE1	G2 and S phase-expressed protein 1
HDL	high-density lipoprotein
HGH	human growth hormone
IKK	IκB kinase
INK	inhibitor of CDK4
LDL	low-density lipoprotein
MDM2	MDM2 proto-oncogene
MDM4	MDM4 p53 regulator
MMP-9	matrix metalloproteinase 9
NEMO	NF-κB essential modulator
NIK	NF-κB-inducing kinase
NF1	neurofibromatosis 1 gene
NF-κB	activated nuclear factor kappa B
NR2C1	nuclear receptor subfamily 2 group C member 1
oxLDL	oxidized LDL
PODXL	podocalyxin
RAD1	checkpoint DNA exonuclease
RANK	receptor activator of NF-κB
STAT1	signal transducer and activator of transcription 1
SUZ12	suppressor of zest 12 (subunit of polycomb repressive complex 2)
TCR	T-cell receptor
TNFR	tumor necrosis factor receptor
UBE2I	ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme E2
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor