T2DM	Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
eNOS	Endothelial NO Synthase
GWAS	Genome Wide Association Studies
AMPK	5’AMP-activated protein kinase
BH4	Tetrahydrobiopterin
ROS	Radical Oxygen Species
NO	Nitric Oxide
AGEs	Advanced Glycosylated End products
mtDNA	Mitochondrial DNA
SNP	Single nucleotide polymorphism
EWAS	Epigenome-wide association studies
TSS	Transcription Start Site
TF	Transcription Factor
DNMT	DNA-methyltransferase
MeCpG	methylated CpG Binding-Protein
HDAC	Histone deacetylase
HMT	Histone methyltransferase
HAT	Histone acetyltransferase
KMT	Lysine methyltransferase
ncRNA	Non-coding RNA
rRNA	Ribosomal RNA
tRNA	Tranfer RNA
snRNA	small nuclear RNA
snoRNA	small nucleolar RNA
siRNAs	small interfering RNA
piRNAs	piwi-associated RNA
miRNA, miRs	micro RNA
lncRNA	Long non-coding RNA
hs-CRP	high-sensitive C-reactive protein
AHBA	alpha-hydroxybutyric acid
LGPC	linoleonylglycerophosphorcholine
ECs	endothelial cells
PTHM	Post-translational histone modifications
HAEC	human aortic endothelial cells
MMPs	matrix metalloproteinases
LINE-1	Long Intersperted Nuclear Element 1
HRGEC	human renal glomerular endothelial cells
EPCs	endothelial progenitor cells
PBMC	peripheral blood mononuclear cells
SIRT1	Sirtuin 1
FOXO1	Forkhead box O1
TSA	Tricostatin A
ECFCs	Endothelial Colony Forming Cells
HMGB1	High mobility group box 1)
TZD	thiazolidinediones
SU	Sulfonylureas
MODY	Maturity-Onset Diabetes of the Young
HNF1A	hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 homeobox A
Met	Metformin
OCT1	Organic Cation Transporter 1
PARP	Poly (ADP ribose) Polymerase