ACM	Arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy
αSMA	α smooth actin
AV	Atrio-ventricular
β2AR	β2 adrenergic receptor
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Bmp	Bone morphogenetic protein
Brg1	Brahma-related gene 1
Ccl5	C-C motif chemokine ligand 5
C-Kit	Tyrosine-protein kinase KIT
CSF-1	Colony-stimulating factor-1
Ctnnb1	β-catenin
Cxcl10	C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 10
E	Embryonic day
EFE	Endocardial fibroelastosis
EFT	Epicardium to fat transition
EMT	Epithelial mesenchymal transition
EPDCs	Epicardial-derived cells
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
Egr 1	Early growth response protein 1
EPO	Erythropoietin
Ets	ETS proto-oncogene
Fgf	Fibroblast growth factor
Fgfr	Fibroblast growth factor receptor
Gata	Gata-binding protein
HH	Hedgehog
Hif-1	Hypoxia inducible factor 1
HLHS	Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
IGF-1-R	Insulin like growth factor 1 receptor
IGF 2	Insulin like growth factor 2
Irf	Interferon regulatory factor
IR	Insulin receptor
LAD	Ligation of the left coronary artery
LV	Left ventricle
MESCs	Mouse embryonic stem cells
MET	Mesenchymal epithelial transition
MI	Myocardial infarction
Mrtfs	Myocardin related transcription factors
Ncam	Neural cell adhesion molecule
Nfat	Nuclear factor of activated T cells
Nphs1	Nephrin
Nphs2	Podocin
NT	Neurotrophin
P	Postnatal day
pADSCs	Pericardial adipose-derived stem cells
Pax 2	Paired box gene 2
Pdgfa	Platelet-derived growth factor A
Pdgfr	Platelet-derived growth factor receptor
Pecam-1	Platelet and endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1
Ppar	Peroxisome proliferator receptor
PPC	Pericardioperitoneal canal
PPM	Pleuropericardial membrane
Raldh	Retinaldehyde-dehydrogenase
RA	Retinoic acid
RAR	Retinoic acid receptor
RV	Right ventricle
Scx	Scleraxis BHLH transcription factor
Sema	Semaphorin
SEMCs	Subepicardial mesenchymal cells
SHR	Spontaneously hypertensive rat
Smo	Smoothened
Snai1	Snail
Snai2	Slug
Srf	Serum response factor
ST/PE	Septum transversum/proepicardium
SWI/SNF	SWItch/sucrose nonfermentable
Tbx	T-box transcription factor
Tcf	Transcription factor
Tgf-β	Transforming growth factor beta
Tβ4	Thymosin β4
Trf	Telomere repeat binding factor
Trk	Tyrosinkinase receptor
Tubb3	Tubulin beta-3 chain
Vdr	Vitamin D receptor
Vegf	Vascular endothelial growth factor
Vegfr	Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
Wt1	Wilms’ tumor suppressor 1
Wtip	Wt1 interacting protein
YAC	Yeast artificial chromosome