AAA	Abdominal aorta aneurysm
BMP-4	Bone morphogenetic protein-4
BGN	Biglycan
CDR	Complementary determining regions
CendR	C-end rule
CTGF/CCN2	Connective tissue growth factor
DCN	Decorin
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ERBB	Epidermal growth factor family receptor
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
GAG	Glycosaminoglycan
HIF-1α	Hypoxia inducible factor-1α
HSPG	Heparan sulphate proteoglycan
IFNγ	Interferon-γ
IGF2	Insulin-like growth factor 2
KO	Knockout
NRP-1	Neuropilin-1
PAH	Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PDGF	Platelet derived growth factor
PLGF	Placental growth factor
SLRP	Small leucine-rich proteoglycan
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor α
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor