AKI	Acute kidney injury
Akt	Protein kinase B
Ang-1	Angiopoietin-1
ATN	Acute tubular necrosis
CKD	Chronic kidney disease
CSF-1	Colony-stimulating factor-1
CTGF	Connective tissue growth factor
DAMPs	Damage-associated molecular patterns
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EMT	Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
EndoMT	Endothelial to mesenchymal transition
EPC	Endothelial progenitor cells
ESRD	End stage renal disease
FUCCI	Fluorescent ubiquitination-based cell cycle indicator
Hif	Hypoxia-inducible factor
ICAM-1	Intercellular adhesion molecule-1
IL	Interleukin
IRAK-M	IL-1 receptor-associated kinase-M
IRI	Ischemia-reperfusion injury
PCNA	Proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PDGFR-β	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β
RA	Retinoic acid
RAS	Renin-angiotensin system
S1-pr1	Sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1
Sirt 1	Sirtuin 1
Snail1	Snail family zinc finger 1
STAT3	Signal transducer and transcription factor 3
TEC	Tubular epithelial cell
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor β
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-α
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
α-SMA	α-smooth muscle actin