NO	Nitrous oxide
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
PKC	Protein kinase C
JNK	c-Jun K-terminal kinase
ICAM-1	Intercellular cell adhesion molecule 1
PDGF	Platelet derived growth factor
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor
LDL	Low density lipoprotein
GEF	Guanine nucleotide exchange factors
GDP	Guanosine diphosphate
GTP	Guanosine triphosphate
GAP	GTPase-activating proteins
GDI	Guanosine nucleotide dissociation inhibitors
ROCK	Rho-associated kinase
MLC	Myosin light chain
LIMK	LIM kinase
PAK1	p21 activated kinase1
Cdc42	Cell division control protein homolog 42
VE-cadherin	Vascular endothelial cadherin
ADAM17	DAM Metallopeptidase Domain 17
AJ	Adherans junctions
MARCKS	Myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate
PIP 2	Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
RhoA	Ras homolog gene family, member A
MYPT1	Myosin phosphatase target subunit 1
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
TRE	AP1/12-O-tetradecanoyl-13-phorbol-acetate–responsive element
AGEs	Advanced glycation end products
MSCs	Mesenchymal stem cells
MMP3	Matrix metalloproteinase-3
CTGF	Connective tissue growth factor
eNOS	Endothelial nitrous oxide synthase
SOD-1	Superoxide dismutase
Rac1	Ras homolog gene family, member A
PECAM-1	Platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1
Tiam1	T-lymphoma invasion and metastasis protein 1
HMG-CoA	3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
SmgGDS	GTP-binding protein GDP dissociation stimulator
NOX	NADPH oxygenase
ACE	Angiotensin-converting enzyme
ATII	Angiotensin II
AT1R	Angiotensin II receptor type 1