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 |