AF	Activation function
AMPK	Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase
Angptl4	Angiopoietin like 4
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
BAD	BCL2-associated agonist of cell death
BCL-6	B-cell lymphoma 6
CD36	Cluster of differentiation 36
COX2	Cyclooxygenase 2
CRABP-II	Cellular retinoic acid binding protein-II
DBD	DNA-binding domain
EC	Endothelial cell
ECM	Extracellular matrix
Edg	Endothelial differentiation gene
eNOS	Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
EPC	Endothelial progenitor cell
ESC	Embryonic stem cell
FABP	Fatty acid binding protein
FoxO1	Forkhead box protein O1
Glut4	Glucose transporter type 4
GSK-3β	Glycogen synthase kinase 3β
GTP	Guanosine triphosphate
HB-EGF	Heparin-binding epidermal growth factor-like growth factor
HIF-1α	Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
hPGC-1α	Human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1α
IGF-1	Insulin-like growth factor 1
IGFBP	Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein
IL-1	Interleukin
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
K-FABP	Keratinocyte-fatty acid binding protein
LBD	Ligand-binding domain
LKB1	Liver kinase B1
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
MRL	Murphy Roths Large
MuSC	Muscle stem (satellite) cell
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
NCOR1	Nuclear receptor corepressor 1
NF-κB	Nuclear factor κ-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
PDK4	Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4
PGC1α	PPAR coactivator 1α
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase
PPAR	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
PPRE	Putative PPAR response element
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
RA	Retinoic acid
RANKL	Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β ligand
RXR	Retinoic acid receptor
SIRT1	Silent mating type information regulation 2 homolog 1
SOD	Superoxide dismutase
SOX2	SRY (sex determining region Y)-box 2
TGFβ	Transforming growth factor β
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor α
TRPV1	Transient receptor potential vanilloid type 1
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VSMC	Vascular smooth muscle cells