ADAM	a disintegrin and metalloproteinase
ADAMTS	ADAMs with thrombospondin motifs
Akt	protein kinase B
Ang II	angiotensin II
ASM	airway smooth muscle
AT2R	angiotensin II receptor type I
BR2	bradykinin
cycloRGDfK	cyclic Arg-Gly-Asp-D-Phe-Lys
DAMP	damage-associated molecular pattern
DR	diabetic retinopathy
EBP	elastin binding protein
ECM	extracellular matrix
EDA	extra domain A
EGF	epidermal growth factor
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
FGF	fibroblast growth factor
GnRH	gonadotropin-releasing hormone
GPCR	G protein-coupled receptor
GPI	glycosylphosphatidylinositol
Grb-2	growth factor receptor-bound protein 2
H-RAS	RasV12
ICAM	intercellular adhesion molecule-1
IFN	type I interferon
Ig	immunoglobulin
IGF-R1	insulin growth factor receptor-1
IL-1	interleukin-1
IR	insulin receptor
IRS1	insulin receptor substrate 1
IRβ	insulin receptor β subunit
LH	leuteinizing hormone
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
LRP	low density lipoprotein receptor-related protein
LRR	leucine-rich region
LTP	long-term potentiation
Mal	MyD88 adaptor-like
MI	myocardia infarction
MMP	matrix metalloproteinase
MMP-9	matrix metalloproteinase-9
MT-MMP	membrane-type MMP
MT1-MMP	membrane-type 1 MMP
MUC1	mucin-1
MyD88	myeloid differentiating factor-88
Neu-1	neuraminidase-1
NGF	nerve growth factor
NMBR	neuromedin B receptor
NSCLC	non-small cell lung cancer
ODN	oligodeoxynucleotide
PACAP	pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide
PAMP	pathogen-associated molecular pattern
PEX	hemopexin-like
PI3K	phophatidylinositol 3-kinase
PI3K-AKT	phosphoinositide 3-kinase-protein kinase B
PPCA	protective protein cathepsin A
PRR	pattern-recognition receptor
RAAS	renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system
RECK	reversion inducing cysteine-rich protein with Kazal motifs
RGD	arginine-glycine-aspartic acid
RSD	renal sympathetic denervation
RTK	receptor tyrosine kinase
T2DM	type 2 diabetes mellitus
TGF-β1	tumor growth factor β1
TIMP	tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinase
TIR	Toll/interleukin-1 receptor
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TLR-2	Toll-like receptor-2
TLR-4	Toll-like receptor-4
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α
TPP	triphenylphosphonium cation
TRAM	TRIF-related adaptor molecule
TRIF	TIR domain-containing adaptor-inducing IFN-β
TrkA	tropomyosin receptor kinase A
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor