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. 2021 Oct 8;22(19):10890. doi: 10.3390/ijms221910890
3D Three-dimensional
α-SMA α-smooth muscle actin
ac-LDL Acetylated low-density lipoprotein
AGO-1 Argonaute 1
AKT Protein kinase B
AMI Acute myocardial infarction
Ang-1 Angiopoietin 1
ANGPTL4 Angiopoietin-like 4 protein
ASC Adipose-derived stem/stromal cell
AT-EC Adipose tissue-derived endothelial cell
BEC Blood vascular endothelial cell
BMEC Brain microvascular endothelial cell
BM-MSC Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cell
CAM Chorioallantoic membrane
CBD-EC Cord blood-derived endothelial cell
CCL Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand
CD Cluster of differentiation
CM Conditioned medium
CXCL C-X-C motif chemokine
CXCR C-X-C chemokine receptor
d-hASC Diabetic human adipose-derived stem/stromal cell
DLL4 Delta-like 4
EC Endothelial cell
ECFC Endothelial colony-forming cell
EGF Epidermal growth factor
EGM Endothelial cell growth medium
E-MSC Endometrium-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cell
eNOS Endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase
EPC Endothelial progenitor cell
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ETS1 V-ets avian erythroblastosis virus E26 oncogene homolog 1
EV Extracellular vesicle
FGF Fibroblast growth factor
FIH-1 Factor inhibiting hypoxia inducible factor 1
FOXO1 Forkhead box protein O1
HAMEC Human adipose-derived microvascular endothelial cell
hASC Human adipose-derived stem/stromal cell
HDMEC Human dermal microvascular endothelial cell
h-exo Hypoxic exosome
HGF Hepatocyte growth factor
HIF-1α Hypoxia-inducible factor-1-alpha
HMEC Human microvascular endothelial cell
Hsp Heat shock protein
HUVEC Human umbilical vein endothelial cell
IGF Insulin-like growth factor
IL Interleukin
LEC Lymphatic endothelial cell
LIPUS Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound stimulation
LMEC Lung microvascular endothelial cell
MCP Monocyte chemoattractant protein
MetS Metabolic syndrome
miR, miRNA Micro-RNA
MMP Matrix metalloproteinase
n-EV Healthy donor extracellular vesicle
n-exo Normoxic exosome
NG2 Neural/glial antigen 2
NO Nitric oxide
Nrf2 Nuclear factor-E2-related factor 2
OEC Outgrowth endothelial cell
PCL Polycaprolactone
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PDGFR Platelet-derived growth factor receptor
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKA Protein kinase A
Pl-EC Placenta-derived endothelial cell
PlGF Platelet-derived growth factor
SCF Stem cell factor
SDF Stromal cell-derived factor
SIRT1 Sirtuin 1
TF Transcription factor
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
Tie Tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin-like and epidermal growth factor-like domains
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
TRPM7 Transient receptor potential melastatin 7
UC-MSC Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cell
VE-cadherin Vascular endothelial cadherin
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
vWf von Willebrand factor