Ac-H3 K14	histone H3 acetylation at lysine 14
Ac-H4 K16	histone H4 acetylation at lysine 16
AIF	apoptosis inducing factor
ApoE−/−	apoliprotein E-deficient
BrdU	Bromodeoxyuridine/5-bromo-2’-deoxyuridine
CD36	cluster of differentiation 36
c-Jun-AP-1	c-JUN-Activator protein-1
CK	creatinine kinase
CK-MB	creatine kinase-MB
EDCF	endothelium-derived contracting factors
EDHF	endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor
EDRFs	endothelium-derived relaxing factors
eNOS	endothelial nitric oxide synthase
HUVECs	human umbilical vascular endothelial cells
LOX-1	lipoprotein receptor-1
LTT assay	lymphocyte transformation test assay
LVEDD	left ventricular end-diastolic dimension
MCP-1	monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
PRRs	pattern recognition receptors
RAECs	rat aortic endothelial cells
SA-beta-galactosidase	Senescence-associated beta-galactosidase
sGC	soluble guanylyl cyclase
SIRT 1	Sirtuin 1
STZ	streptozotocin
TUNEL	deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labelling
VECs	vascular endothelial cells