| Ang II | angiotensin II |
| ARF | acute renal failure |
| AS | antisense |
| ASK-1 | apoptotic signaling kinase-1 |
| BP | blood pressure |
| BR | bilirubin-IX α |
| BV | biliverdin-IX α |
| BVR | biliverdin |
| Bw | body weight |
| CEC | circulating endothelial cell |
| CO | carbon monoxide |
| CoPP | cobalt protoporphyrin IX dichloride |
| CRP | C reactive protein |
| D-4F | apolipoprotein mimetic peptide |
| EC | endothelial cell |
| EC-SOD | extracellular superoxide dismutase |
| EETs | epoxyeicosatrienoic acids |
| eNOS | endothelial nitric oxide synthase |
| GFR | glomerular filtration rate |
| HCL | hypercholesterolemia |
| HETE | hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid |
| HO | heme oxygenase |
| HO-1 | heme oxygenase isozyme 1, inducible form |
| HO-2 | heme oxygenase isozyme 2, constitutive form |
| ICAM-1 | intracellular adhesion molecules-1 |
| IL | interleukin |
| iNOS | inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| IRI | ischemia/reperfusion injury |
| LDL | low-density lipoprotein |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MCP-1 | monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 |
| MSC | mesenchymal stem cells |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| NOS | nitric oxide synthase |
| CCN3/NOV | nephroblastoma overexpressed |
| O2− | superoxide anion radical |
| OONO− | peroxynitrite |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SBP | systolic blood pressure |
| sEH | soluble epoxide hydrolase |
| SnMP | tin mesoporphyrin IX dichloride |
| SnPP | tin protoporphyrin IX dichloride |
| SOD | superoxide dismutase |
| T2DM | type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| TNFα | tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| UVA | ultraviolet A (320–380 nm) radiation |
| VCAM-1 | vascular adhesion molecules-1 |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFRI | vascular endothelial growth factor receptor I |
| VSMC | vascular smooth muscle cell |
| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |
| AKT | serine/threonine-protein kinase |
| eNOS | endothelial NO synthase |
| FGF21 | fibroblast growth factor 21 |
| IL-10 | interleukin 10 |
| NF | kB nuclear factor-kappa B |
| NGF | nerve growth factor |
| PGC1α | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma, coactivator 1 |
| PPARα | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| SIRT1 | sirtuin 1 |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-α |
| WAT | white adipose tissue |
| UCP1 | Uncoupling protein 1 |
| Ang II | Angiotensin II |
| aP2 | adipocyte protein 2 |
| CEBPα | CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha |
| CoPP | cobalt protoporphyrin |
| eNOS | endothelial nitric oxide synthase |
| FAS | fatty acid synthase |
| H2O2 | hydrogen peroxide |
| MSC | mesenchymal stem cell |
| PPARγ | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |