DN	Diabetic nephropathy
ESRD	End-stage renal disease
ACE	Angiotensin converting enzyme
ARBs	Angiotensin II receptor blockers
LPA	Lysophosphatidic acid
ATX	Autotaxin
AGE	Advanced glycation end (product)
GPAT	Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase
PLA1 and PLA2	Phospholipases A1 or A2
PA	Phosphatidic acid
LPE	Lysophosphatidylethanolamine
LPC	Lysophosphatidylcholine
LPS	Lysophosphatidylserine
LPPs	Lipid phosphate phosphatases
MAG	Monoacylglycerol
AGPAT	Acylglycerophosphate acyltransferase
PLC	Phospholipase C
DAG	Diacylglycerol
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase
PKB	Protein kinase B
ROCK	Rho-associated protein kinase
RAGE	Receptor for advanced glycation end products
Nox	NADPH oxidase
PPARγ	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ
CKD	Chronic kidney disease
ECM	Extracellular matrix
GBM	Glomerular basement membrane
EMT	Epithelial mesenchymal transition
CCL2/MCP1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1
CCL5/RANTES	Regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed, and secreted
ICAM-1	Intercellular adhesion molecule-1
VCAM-1	Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1
PAI-1	Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
uPA and tPA	Urokinase-type and tissue-type plasminogen activator
TIMP-1	Tissue inhibitor matrix metalloproteinase-1
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinases
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
SGLT-2	Sodium–glucose cotransporter-2
GSK3β	Glycogen synthase kinase 3β
SREBP 1	Sterol regulatory element-binding protein1
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
TLR 4	Toll-like receptor 4
NF-KB	Nuclear factor-KB
KLF5	Krüppel-like factor 5
Egr1	Early growth response 1
S1PR	Sphingosine 1 phosphate receptor
GPR4	pH-sensing G protein-coupled receptor
OGR1/GPR68	Ovarian cancer G-protein coupled receptor-1