AGE	advanced glycation end-product
Akt	protein kinase B
AMPK	AMP-protein kinase
Ang	angiotensin
BP	blood pressure
CHD	coronary heart disease
CVD	cardiovascular disease
CVOT	cardiovascular outcome trial
EC	endothelial cell
ED	endothelial dysfunction
EDHF	endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor
eNOS	endothelial nitric oxide synthase
FMD	flow mediated dilation
HAECs	human aortic endothelial cells
HbA1c	glycosylated hemoglobin
HCAECs	human coronary arterial ECs
HF	heart failure
HFpEF	HF with preserved ejection fraction
HFrEF	HF with reduced ejection fraction
HG	high glucose
HUVECs	human umbilical vein endothelial cells
ICAM-1	intercellular adhesion molecule-1
IL-1β	interleukin β
IL6	interleukin 6
I/R	ischemia/reperfusion
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
LV	left ventricle
MCP-1	monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
MPs	microparticles
NFkB	nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NHE1	sodium-hydrogen exchanger 1
NO	nitric oxide
NOX	NADPH oxidase
PI3K	phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PKC	protein kinase C
PKG	protein kinase G
PWV	pulse wave velocity
RAGE	receptor for AGE
ROS	reactive oxygen species
RH-PAT	reactive hyperemia peripheral arterial tonometry
SGLT2-I	sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor
STZ	streptozotocin
T2DM	type 2 diabetes mellitus
TNFα	tumor necrosis factor α
VCAM-1	vascular cell adhesion molecule-1
ZDF rats	Zucker diabetic fatty rats