| AAV | Adeno-associated-virus |
| ceRNA | Competing endogenous RNA |
| CKD | Chronic kidney disease |
| DN | Diabetic nephropathy |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| HOTAIR | HOX transcript antisense intergenic RNA |
| lncRNA | Long non-coding RNA |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| ncRNA | non-coding RNA |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| RPTEC | Renal proximal tubular epithelial cell |
| shRNA | Short hairpin RNA |
| UUO | Ureteral unilateral obstruction |