DN	diabetic nephropathy
DR	diabetic retinopathy
HG	high D-glucose concentrations
HGEC	human glomerular endothelial cells
HMC	human mesangial cells
HPC	human podocytes
HPTEC	human renal proximal tubule epithelial cells
HT	high thiamine concentrations
intHG	intermittent high D-glucose concentrations
NG	physiological D-glucose concentration
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SNP	single gene polymorphism(s)
Sp1	transcription factor specificity protein-1
TD	thiamine deficiency/deficient
THTR1	thiamine transporter-1
THTR2	thiamine transporter-2
TK	transketolase
TRMA	thiamine-responsive megaloblastic anemia