ALP	Alkaline phosphatase
AR	Alizarin red
BMP2	Bone morphogenetic protein 2
BR	Bilirubin
BVR	Biliverdin reductase
CAVS	Calcific aortic valve stenosis
CKD	Chronic kidney disease
CO	Carbon monoxide
CORM2	CO releasing molecule 2
DPBS	Dulbecco’s Phosphate Buffered Saline
DMEM	Dulbecco’s modified eagle medium
DMSO	Dimethyl-sulfoxide
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EDTA	Ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid
FT, FTH, FTL	Ferritin, ferritin heavy chain, ferritin light chain
GM	Growth medium
HBSS	Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution
HPRT	Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase
HO-1	Heme oxygenase-1
Keap1	Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
MSCs	Mesenchymal stem cells
MTT	3-[4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl]-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide
Nrf2	Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NLRP3	Nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-containing family and pyrin domain containing 3
OCN	Osteocalcin
OD	Optical density
OPN	Osteopontin
OM	Osteogenic medium
P	Phosphate
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RUNX2	Runt-related transcription factor 2
SnPP	Tin protoporphyrin IX
SOX9	Sry-related HMG box-9
VSMCs	Vascular smooth muscle cells
VICs	Valvular Interstitial Cells
ZnPP	Zinc protoporphyrin IX