ACTA2	SMα-actin
AMI	acute myocardial infarction
BMP/TGF-β	bone morphogenetic protein/transforming growth factor-β
CAD	coronary artery disease
CEBPB	CCAAT enhancer binding protein β
CNN1	calponin
DICER	dsRNA endoribonuclease
DROSHA	Drosha ribonuclease III
EC	endothelial cell
Egr-1	early growth response-1
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FoxO4	Forkhead box O4
IEG	immediate-early gene
HDAC2	histone deacetylase 2
HMGB1	high-mobility group box 1 protein
KLF4	Kruppel-like factor 4 (GKLF/EZF)
KLF5	Kruppel-like factor 5 (BTEB2/IKLF)
miRNA	microRNA
MKK4	mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4
MMP-9	matrix metalloproteinase-9
MYL9	myosin light chain 9
NCoR	nuclear corepressor
NO	nitric oxide
NOS	nitric oxide synthase
PCI	percutaneous coronary intervention
PCR	polymerase chain reaction
PDGF	platelet-derived growth factor
Rb	retinoblastoma
RISC	RNA-induced silencing complex
RNA	ribonucleic acid
Smad1	SMAD family member 1
Smad3	SMAD family member 3
SMC	smooth muscle cell
SM-22α	smooth muscle-22α
SM-MHC	SM-myosin heavy chain (MYH11)
SRF	serum response factor
SUMO	small ubiquitin-like modifiers
T2DM	type 2 diabetes mellitus
TAGLN2	transgelin-2