Ang	Angiopoietin
AKI	Acute kidney injury
AP	Activator protein
ATF	Activating transcription factor
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
AVR	Ascending vasa recta
BOLD	Blood-oxygen-level dependent contrast
CD	Cluster of differentiation
CKD	Chronic kidney disease
CLARITY	Clear lipid-exchanged acrylamide-hybridized rigid imaging
CT	Computed tomography
CTGF	Connective tissue growth factor
CUBIC	Clear, unobstructed brain/body imaging cocktails and computational analysis
DISCO	Three-dimensional imaging of solvent-cleared organs
DVR	Descending vasa recta
ECM	Extracellular matrix
ECi	Ethyl cinnamate
ESRD	End-stage renal disease
Fox	Forkhead box
fUS	Functional ultrafast ultrasound
GFR	Glomerular filtration rate
Gli	Glioma-associated oncogene homologue
HIF	Hypoxia-inducible factor
HVM	Hand-held vital microscopy
hPSC	human pluripotent stem cell
IRI	Ischemia-reperfusion injury
LSFM	Light sheet fluorescence microscopy
MBF	Medullary blood flow
micro-CT	Microcomputed tomography
MPM	Multiphoton microscopy
MRA	Magnetic resonance angiography
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
MSCs	Mesenchymal stromal cells
NG	Neuron-glial antigen
NO	Nitric oxide
OTC	Optical tissue clearing
PDGFR	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor
PKD	Polycystic kidney disease
PTA	Phosphotungstic acid
PW	Pulsed-wave
RBF	Renal blood flow
S1P	Sphingosine-1-phosphate
SCL	Stem cell leukemia
SD	Standard deviation
SHANEL	Small-micelle-mediated human organ efficient clearing and labeling
SMA	Smooth muscle actin
SMCs	Smooth muscle cells
TGF	Transforming growth factor
ULM	Ultrasound localization microscopy
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VesSAP	Vessel segmentation & analysis pipeline