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. 2019 Mar 29;8(4):291. doi: 10.3390/cells8040291
ACE angiotensin II converting enzyme
Akt Protein Kinase B
ANP atrial natriuretic peptide
BNP brain natriuretic peptide
CD conduction defect
CMT2B1 Charcot‒Marie‒Tooth disease type 2B1
CRISPR/Cas9 Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats/CRISPR-associated protein 9
Cx 40/43 Connexin 40/43
DCM Dilated Cardiomyopathy
DMD Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
EDMD Emery‒Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy
ERK 1/2 Extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2
FHL2 four-and-a half LIM protein-2
FPLD2 Familial partial lipodystrophy Dunnigan-type 2
Hf1b/Sp4 Transcription factor Sp4
HGPS Hutchison Gilford Progeria Syndrome
hpf hours post-fertilization
iPSCs induced pluripotent stem cells
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinases
Keap1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
LAP2 Lamina-associated polypeptide 2
L-CMD LMNA-related Congenital Muscular Dystrophy
LGMD1B 1B Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEFs Mouse embryonic fibroblasts
MEK 1/2 Dual-specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase ½
MO Morpholino
mTor mechanistic target of rapamycin
Myh6 myosin heavy-chain alpha
Myh7 myosin heavy-chain beta
NAT10 N-Acetyltransferase 10
NFκB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NPCs Nuclear pore complexes
Nppb Natriuretic peptide B
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid-2-related factor 2
Nup153/154 Nucleoporin 153/154
p62/SQSTM1 Sequestosome-1 (ubiquitin-binding protein p62)
PCNA Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PPAR-gamma Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors gamma
Smad 2/3 Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2/3
SREBF-1 Sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 1
SRF Serum response factor
SUMO1/2 Small ubiquitin-related modifier 1/2
syne1 Spectrin repeat-containing nuclear envelope protein 1
TF Transcription factor
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
WNT Wingless/Integrated