PTH	parathyroid hormone
CaSR	calcium sensing receptor
EGFR	epidermal growth factor receptor
mTOR	mammalian target of rapamycin
SHP	secondary hyperparathyroidism
CKD	chronic kidney disease
TGF-α	transforming growth factor α
1,25D	1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D
NF-kB	nuclear factor kappa B
Cox-PGE	cyclo-oxygenase- prostaglandin E
VDR	vitamin D receptor
FGFR1	fibroblast growth factor receptor
miRNA	micro-RNA
APRT	adenine phosphoribosyltransferase
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
eIF-4E	eukaryotic translation initiation factor-4E
PRAD1	parathyroid adenomatosis 1
MEN1	multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1
RET	rearranged during transfection
CKI	cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor
AKT	protein kinase B
4E-BP1	4E binding protein 1
PCNA	proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PDTC	ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate
PGE2	prostaglandin E2
EP2	PGE2 receptor 2 subtype
PT-Dicer-/- mice	Parathyroid specific dicer knockout mice