| 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 |