a-actin	alpha-actin
ActRIIB	activin receptor type 2B
ALS	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Ang II	angiotensin II
ANP	atrial natriuretic peptide
AT	acidic tail
AT1R	angiotensin II receptor type 1
Bb2	B-box type 2 domain
bHLH	basic helix-loop-helix
Bif-1	BAX interacting factor 1
C/EBP	CCAAT/enhancer binding protein
CARP	ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase MINDY-3
CC	coiled-coil domain
CHOP	C/EBP homologous protein
CHRN	cholinergic receptor nicotinic/nicotinic acetylcholine receptor
CK	creatine kinase
cMyBP-C	cardiac MyBP-C isoform
can	calcineurin
COS box	C-terminal subgroup one signature-box
CRL4	Cullin-RING-based E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase 4
CSA	cross-sectional area; Dex, dexamethasone
dKO	double knock-out
EDL	extensor digitorium longus muscle
EndoB1	endophilin B1
EPR	electron paramagnetic resonance
FoxO	forkhead box family of transcription factors
GME	glucocorticoid modulatory elements
GMEB1	glucocorticoid modulatory element binding protein-1
GR	glucocorticoid receptor
HCM	hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
HD	helical domain
HIBADH	3-hydroxyisobutyrate dehydrogenase
ICU	intensive care unit
IGF-1	insulin-like growth factor 1
IL1	interleukine 1
I/R	ischemia/reperfusion
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinases
KO	knock-out
LAMP1	lyososomal-associated membrane protein 1
LC3	microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3b
M1/M2 dKO	homozygous constitutive null mutants for MuRF1 or MuRF2
MAFbx	muscle atrophy F-box protein
MCT	monocrotaline
MEF2	myocyte enhancer factor-2
MFC	MuRF family specific motif
MHC	myosin heavy chain
MHCIIa	myosin heavy chain type IIa
MI	myocardial infarction
MLC	myosin light chain
MLP/Csrp3	muscle limp protein/cystine and glycine-rich protein 3
MCK	muscle-type creatine kinase
mTORC1	mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1
MuRF	muscle-specific RING finger protein
MuRF1-KO	transgenic mice specifically silenced for MuRF1
MuRF1-TG	transgenic mice specifically over-expressing MuRF1 in skeletal muscle
MuRF1-Tg+	transgenic mice expressing increased levels of MuRF1 specifically in the heart
MuRF1- ΔRING	transgenic mice with a mutant dominant negative form of MuRF1 corresponding to a RING-deletion of MuRF1
MyBP-C	myosin binding prot-C
MHC	myosin heavy chain
NF-kB	nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NFAT	nuclear factor of activated T cells
NRVM	neonatal rat ventricular myocytes
O-MCK	oxidized form of MCK
PE	phenylephrine
PDH	pyruvate dehydrogenase
PDK2	pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoform 2
PI3K	phosphoinositide 3-kinase
polyUb	polyubiquitination
PMA	plasma membrane ATPase
PPARα	peroxisome proliferator activated receptors
PPRE	PPAR response element
RACK1	receptor of activated protein C kinase 1
RBCC	RING-B box-coiled-coil
RING	really interesting new gene
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SPR	surface plasmon resonance
SQTM1/p62	Sequestosome-1
SRF	serum response factor
SUMO	small ubiquitin-related modifier
TAC	transaortic constriction model
TFEB	transcription factor EB
TNF	transforming growth factor
TnnI, TnnC	troponin I and C
TRAF6	TNF receptor associated factors 6
TRIP12	thyroid receptor-interacting protein 12
TRIM	tripartite motif family
UPS	ubiquitin-proteasome system
WT	wild-type
Y2H	yeast two-hybrid.