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. 2019 Sep 10;20(18):4472. doi: 10.3390/ijms20184472
ACPA Anti-citrullinated protein antibody
AD Alzheimer’s disease
BDB 3-bromo-4, 5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde
CCL11 CC Chemokine ligand 11
COPD Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CCL-2 Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 2
CPCs Circulating progenitor cells
CRP C-reactive protein
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
CVD Cardiovascular disease
EF Epimedium total flavonoids
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EPCs Endothelial progenitor cells
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
G-MDSCs Granylocytic-myeloid derived suppressor cells
GPX Glutathione peroxidase
GSH Glutathione
Hb Hemoglobin
HDAC2 Histone deacetylase 2
HSCs Hematopoietic stem cell
Ica Icariin
IL-1 Interleukin-1
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IP-10 Interferon–gamma induced protein 10
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KCNB1 Voltage-gated potassium (K+) channel sub-family B member 1
KEAP1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
LDL Low density lipoprotein
LO Lipoxygenase
LRRK2 Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2)
LTL Leukocyte telomere length
LW Liuwei Dihuang
LW-AFC Active fraction combination from Liuwei Dihuang decoction
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MMP Matrix metalloprotease
MPO Myeloperoxidase
MS Multiple sclerosis
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
mtROS Mitochondrial ROS
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B
NLRP3 Pryin domain containing-3 protein
NM Neuromelanin
NO Nitric oxide
NOX NADPH oxidase
NRF2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
PD Parkinson’s disease
PFK Phosphofructokinase
PINK1 PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 (PINK1)
PI3K Phosphatidyl inositol 3-kinase
PGC-1α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator 1alpha
PPP Pentose phosphate pathway
RA Rheumatoid arthritis
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SASP Senescence-associated secretory phenotype
SMR Standardized mortality ratio
SNpc Substantia nigra pars compacta
STAT3 Signal transducers and activators of transcription 3
TGF-β Transforming growth factor-β
Th1 T helper cell 1
TIGAR TP53-induced glycolysis and apoptosis regulator
TLR Toll-like receptor
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha
VCAM-1 Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1
VSMCs Vascular smooth-muscle cells
XO Xanthine oxidase
8-iso-PGF2α 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α
8-oxodG 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2’-deoxyguanine