AcSDKP	N-acetyl-seryl-lysyl-proline
ACE	Angiotensin-converting enzyme
AKT	protein kinase B
ASK1	Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1
ASncmtRNA	Antisense mitochondrial noncoding RNA-2
ASO	Antisense oligonucleotide
CASC2	Cancer susceptibility candidate 2
CD73	Cluster of differentiation 73
CD31	Cluster of differentiation 31
CDKN1B	Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 1B
CHOP	C/EBP homologous protein
CKD	Chronic kidney disease
COL4A1	Collagen Type IV Alpha 1 Chain
DPP-4	Dipeptidyl transferase-4
DKD	Diabetic kidney disease
DM	Diabetes mellitus
DN	Diabetic nephropathy
ECM	extracellular matrix
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
EMT	epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
EndMT	endothelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ER	endoplasmic reticulum stress
ESRD	End-stage renal disease
FSP-1	Fibroblast-specific protein-1
FGF-2	Fibroblasts specific growth factor-2
FN	Fibronectin
FoxO1	Forkhead box protein O1
FGFR1	Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1
GR	Glucocorticoid receptor
HIF1 α	Hypoxia Inducible Factor 1 Subunit Alpha
IGF1R	Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IL-6	Interleukins-6
IFN-γ	Interferon-gamma
LncRNA	Long non-coding RNAs
LNA	Locked nucleic acid
MALAT1	Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
MiRNA	MicroRNA
MIAT	Myocardial infarction-associated transcript
MMP-2	Matrix metalloproteinase-2
MMP-9	Matrix metalloproteinase-9
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
NAT	Natural antisense transcript
ncRNA	Non-coding RNAs
NEAT1	Nuclear enriched abundant Transcript-1
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa light-chain enhancer of activated B cells
NRF2	nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NLRP3	NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3
ORF	Open reading frame
PGC-1α	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha
PPAR-γ	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma PPAR-γ
PVT1	Plasmacytoma variant translocation 1
RNCR2	Retinal non-coding RNA 2
SIRT1	Sirtuin 1
SIRT3	Sirtuin 3
SM22α	Smooth muscle 22-alpha
αSMA	Alpha smooth muscle actin
TGFβ1	Transforming growth factor β1
TNF α	Tumor necrosis factor α
TUG1	Taurine Up-Regulated 1
UTR	Untranslated region