| CCM | cerebral cavernous malformation |
| EPAC | Rap1 guanine-nucleotide-exchange factor |
| FAT | focal adhesion targeting |
| FERM | band 4.1, ezrin, radixin, moesin |
| GCK | germinal center kinase |
| HHD | harmonin-homology domain |
| JAM | junctional adhesion molecule |
| KRIT1 | Krev interaction trapped protein-1 |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| MLC | myosin regulatory light chain |
| PDCD10 | programmed cell death 10 |
| PTB | phosphotyrosine-binding domain |
| ROCK | Rho-associated coiled-coil kinase |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| Smurf1 | Smad ubiquitin regulatory factor 1 |
| STRIPAK | striatin interacting phosphatase and kinase |
| TER | transepithelial resistance |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| ZO | zonula occludens |