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. 2020 Sep 3;21(17):6421. doi: 10.3390/ijms21176421
PO2 Partial Oxygen Pressure
HAPH High-Altitude Pulmonary Hypertension
HPV Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction
eNOS Endothelial Nitric Oxide Synthase
IL-1 Interleukin 1
IL-6 Interleukin 6
PH Pulmonary Hypertension
PO Pressure Overload
RVH Right Ventricular Hypertrophy
RV Right Ventricle
RHF Right Heart Failure
HF Heart Failure
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
O2· Superoxide Anion
·OH Hydroxyl Radical
ROO· Peroxyl Radicals
RO· Alkoxy Agents
HOCl Hypochlorous Acid
O3 Ozone
1O2 Singlet Oxygen
H2O2 Hydrogen Peroxide
ONOO Peroxynitrite
SODs Superoxide Dismutases
CAT Catalase
GSH-PX/RX Glutathione Peroxidase/Reductase
MPTP Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Pore
NF-kB Nuclear Factor-Kappa B
HIF-1α Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α
Ca2+ Calcium
SERCA2a Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ ATPase
Na+ Sodium
NADPH Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
AP-1 Activator Protein 1
MCP-1 Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1
Ang II Angiotensin II
BNP Brain Natriuretic Protein
MAPKs Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
JNK C-Jun N-Terminal Kinases
ERK Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinases
IL-1β Interleukin 1β
SDF-1 Stromal Cell-Derived Factor 1
CXCR-4 C-X-C Chemokine Receptor Type 4
PKC Protein Kinase C
A-SMA Smooth Muscle Actin A
MRTF-A Myocardin-Related Transcription Factor A
ET-1 Endothelin-1
TGF-α Transforming Growth Factor α
TGF-β Transforming Growth Factor β
STIM1 Stromal Interacting Molecule-1
TNF-A Tumor Necrosis Factor A
HIMF Hypoxia-Induced Mitogenic Factor
PHD Prolyl Hydroxylase
VHL Von Hippel-Lindau
Monocyte/Macrophage
OSM Oncostatin-M
iNOS Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase
ACE Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme
ETa Endothelin A Receptor
ETb Endothelin B Receptor
RAAS Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone-System
GLUT4 Glucose Transporter 4
GPx Glutathione peroxidase