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. 2020 Sep 12;21(18):6686. doi: 10.3390/ijms21186686
ACSS2 Acetyl-coenzyme A synthetase 2
ADP Adenosine diphosphate
AKI Acute kidney injury
AMPK Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase
Ang II Angiotensin II
AT1R Angiotensin II type 1 receptor
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
ATRAP AT1R-associated protein
Bax Bcl-2-associated X protein
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
CCL2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 2
CIN Contrast-induced nephropathy
CKD Chronic kidney disease
COX2 Cyclooxygenase-2
CsA Cyclosporine A
CXCL2 C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 2
DKD Diabetic kidney disease
DN Diabetic nephropathy
DRP1 Dynamin related protein 1
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
EndoMT Endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ERK Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase
ERR-1α Estrogen related receptor-1α
FoxO Forkhead box O
GABP-β1 GA-binding protein-β-1
GLUT2 Glucose transporter 2
GSK-3β Glycogen synthase kinase-3β
HDACs Histone deacetylases
HG High glucose
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
HO-1 Heme oxygenase-1
I/R Ischemia/reperfusion
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
LKB1 Liver kinase B1
MCD Malonyl CoA decarboxylase
MDM2 E3-ubiquitin ligase murine double-minute 2
MKP-1 Mitogen-activated protein kinase-1
MMP Matrix metalloproteinase
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
NAD Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
Nampt Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase
NF-κB Nuclear factor-kappa B
NOX NADPH oxidase
NPM1 Nucleolar protein nucleophosmin
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2–related factor 2
OXPHOS Oxidative phosphorylation
PAF53 Polymerase-associated factor 53
PDGFR-β Platelet-derived growth factor receptor-β
PEPCK1 Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1
PGC-1α Peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor-γ coactivator 1α
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase
PPAR Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
RAAS Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SGLT2 Sodium–glucose cotransporter 2
SIR2 Silent information regulator 2
SIRT Sirtuin
SOD Superoxide dismutase
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
STZ Streptozotocin
TGF-β1 Transforming growth factor-β1
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α
UUO Unilateral ureter obstruction
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor