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. 2019 Oct 24;20(21):5304. doi: 10.3390/ijms20215304
AAV Adeno-associated virus
AD Adenovirus
AIP Autocamitide-2-related inhibitory peptide
AP Action potential
APD Action potential duration
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
β-AR β-adrenergic receptor
Ca2+ Calcium
CGP CGP317157
CaM Calmodulin
CaMKII Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type II
CASQ Calsequestrin
CAST Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial
CICR Calcium-induced calcium-release
CM Cardiomyocyte
CPVT Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia
CRAC Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+
CRISPR/Cas9 Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats with caspase 9
DAD Delayed afterdepolarizations
DN Dominant negative
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
DR Downregulation
EAD Early afterdepolarizations
EMRE Essential mitochondrial calcium uniporter regulator
GFP Green fluorescent protein
HF Heart failure
I-1c Inhibitor of protein phosphatase 1
ICa-L L-type calcium current
ICD Implantable cardioverter defibrillator
IMAC Inner membrane anion channel
iPSC Induced pluripotent stem cell
I/R Ischemia reperfusion
Iti Transient inward current
JPH2 Junctophilin 2
kb Kilobases
kg Kilograms
LTCC L-type calcium channel
LV Left ventricle
MCU Mitochondrial calcium uniporter
MICU1/2 Mitochondrial calcium uptake 1 and 2
mNCX Mitochondrial sodium/calcium exchanger
Na+ Sodium
NAb Neutralizing antibodies
NCX Sodium/calcium exchanger
NCLX Mitochondrial sodium/calcium exchanger
NKA Sodium/potassium-ATPase
O2 Superoxide anions
OE Overexpression
ORAI Calcium release-activated calcium channel protein
OS Oxidative stress
PAH Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PKA Protein kinase A
PLN Phospholamban
PTP Permeability transition pore
RIRR Reactive oxygen species-induced reactive oxygen species-release
RNA Ribonucleic acid
ROS Reactive oxygen species
Ru360 Ruthenium 360
RuR Ruthenium red
RyR2 Ryanodine receptor type 2
S100A1 S100 calcium-binding protein A1
SCD Sudden cardiac death
SCR Spontaneous calcium release events
SERCA2a Sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium-ATPase type-2a
siRNA Short-interfering ribonucleic-acid
SOC Store-operated Ca2+ entry channels
SR Sarcoplasmic reticulum
STIM1 Stromal interaction molecule 1
SUMO-1 Small ubiquitin-like modifier type 1
TAC Transverse aortic constriction
UCP Uncoupling protein
VF Ventricular fibrillation
VT Ventricular tachycardia
wt Wild-type