| AAA | Abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| ah VSMC | Vascular smooth muscle cell |
| AngII | Angiotensin II |
| Apoe −/− | Apolipoprotein E-deficient |
| BW | Body weights |
| DBP | Diastolic blood pressure |
| HVEM | Herpesvirus Entry Mediator |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal kinase |
| LTβR | Lymphotoxin-β Receptor |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| SBP | Systolic blood pressure |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| siRNA | Short interference ribonucleic acid |
| SM | Smooth muscle cell |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
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