| Ang II | angiotensin II |
| DOCA | deoxycorticosterone acetate |
| DOX | doxycycline |
| Ctrl | control |
| DAPI | 4,6-diamidino-2-phenylindoledichlorohydrate |
| DHE | dihydroethidium |
| F/B | Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes |
| FoxP3 | forkhead box P3 |
| LDA | linear discriminant analysis |
| L-NAME | NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| MUC | mucin |
| NIH | National Institutes of Health |
| NO | nitric oxide |
| NOX | NADPH oxidase |
| OTU | operational taxonomic unit |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| RORγ | retinoid-related orphan receptor-γ |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| Rpm | revolutions per minute |
| RT | real-time |
| SBP | Systolic blood pressure |
| SCFAs | short chain fatty acids |
| SHR | spontaneously hypertensive rat |
| SNP | sodium nitroprusside |
| Th | T-helper |
| TLRs | Toll-like receptors |
| Tregs | regulatory T cell |
| ZO-1 | zonula occludens-1 |