AALS	anionic acid-labile surfactant
AGEs	advanced glycation end products
AV	average value
BSA	bovine serum albumin
CEA	Nδ-(carboxyethyl)arginine
CMA	Nδ-(carboxymethyl)arginine
CML	Nɛ-(carboxymethyl)lysine
DMEM	Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium
DMF	N,N-dimethylformamide
DMSO	dimethyl sulfoxide
EDTA	ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid
ESI	electrospray ionization
FIA-HR-MS	flow injection analysis coupled on-line with high-resolution mass spectrometry
HESI	heated electrospray ionization
LDR	linear dynamic range
L-FDVA	N2-(5-fluoro-2,4-dinitrophenyl)-L-valine amide
LOD	limit of detection
LOQ	limit of quantification
ME	mean error
MG-H1	Nδ-(5-methyl-4-oxo-5-hydroimidazo-linone-2-yl)-L-ornithine, methylglyoxal-derived hydro-imidazolone 1
MG-H2	2-amino-5-(2-amino-5-hydro-5-methyl-4-imidazolon-1-yl)pentanoic acid, methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone 2
MG-H3	2-amino-5-(2-amino-4-hydro-4-methyl-5-imidazolon-1-yl)pentanoic acid, methylglyoxal-derived hydroimidazolone 3
MGO	methylglyoxal
MRM	multiple reaction monitoring
MTT	3-(4,5-dimethyl thiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide
PBS	phosphate buffered saline
PES	polyethersulfone
QqQ	triple quadrupole
RAGEs	receptors to advanced glycation end-products
RP-UHPLC	reversed phase-ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography
RP-SPE	reversed phase-solid phase extraction
RSD	relative standard deviation
SDS	sodium dodecyl sulfate
SDS-PAGE	polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in sodium dodecyl sulfate
SPE	solid phase extraction
XIC	extracted ion chromatogram