ANRIL	antisense non-coding RNA in the INK4 locus
CAD	coronary artery disease
ceRNAs	competing endogenous RNAs
ECs	endothelial cells
GAS5	Growth Arrest Specific 5
HOTAIR	HOX Antisense Intergenic RNA
HUVECs	human umbilical vein endothelial cells
lncRNA	long non-coding RNA
MALAT1	Metastasis Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma Transcript 1
MDM2	Mouse double minute 2 homolog
Meg3	Maternally expressed gene 3
MIAT	Myocardial infarction associated transcript
miRNA	microRNA
ncRNA	non-coding RNA
PAH	pulmonary arterial hypertension
RNP	ribonucleoprotein
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SMCs	smooth muscle cells.