| 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 |