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. 2019 Oct 21;20(20):5214. doi: 10.3390/ijms20205214
PA Primary aldosteronism
EH Essential hypertension
LVH Left ventricular hypertrophy
NO Nitric oxide
BH4 Tetrahydrobiopterin
eNOS Endothelial NO synthase
sGC Soluble guanylate cyclase
cGMP Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
PKG Protein kinase G
VDCC Voltage-dependent calcium channels
IP3 Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
SR Sarcoplasmic reticulum
SERCA Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase
MLCK Myosin light chain kinase
cIMP Inosine 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate
ROCK Rho-associated protein kinase
GPCR G protein-coupled receptors
GRK2 G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2
ROS Reactive oxygen species
MR Mineralocorticoid receptor
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase-2
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
GPER G protein-coupled estrogen receptor
G6PD Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
FMD Flow-mediated vasodilation
APA Aldosterone-producing adenoma
IHA Idiopathic hyperaldosteronism
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
AP Activator protein
NFκB Nuclear factor kappa B
TEMPOL 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidinyl-1-oxyl
mitoKATP Mitochondrial ATP-dependent potassium channels
HEK Human embryonic kidney
ERK Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
AT1 Angiotensin type 1
NOS NO synthase
CCL Cytokines chemokine ligand
IL Interleukin
ICAM Intercellular adhesion molecule
MCP Monocyte chemoattractant protein
VCAM Vascular cell adhesion molecule
VWF von Willebrand factor
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
DOCA Deoxycorticosterone acetate
ApoE Apolipoprotein-E
ACE Angiotensin-converting enzyme
RAAS Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone system
PlGF Placental growth factor
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
ECMROE Endothelial cell-specific MR overexpression
ECMRKO ECMR knockout
EPC Endothelial progenitor cells
ENaC Epithelial sodium channel
SKCa Small conductance calcium-activated potassium channels
EVs Extracellular vesicles
VEGFi Vascular endothelial growth factor pathway inhibitors
ADMA Asymmetric dimethylarginine
ox-LDL Oxidized low-density lipoprotein
FMD Flow-mediated dilation
CFU Colony forming units
ADPKD Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease
NMD Nitrate-mediated dilation
IAH Idiopathic adrenal hyperplasia
PAT Peripheral arterial tonometry
RHI Reactive hyperemic index
AI Augmentation index
PWV Pulse wave velocity
IMT Carotid intima-media thickness
KCNJ5 Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily J member 5