| AAR | Area at risk |
| AMI | Acute myocardial infarction |
| ANOVA | One-way analysis of variance |
| CINC-1 | Cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoatractant 1 |
| cTnT | Cardiac troponin T |
| CXCL5 | C-X-C motif chemokine 5 |
| DCF | 2’,7’-dichlorofluorescein |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FGF | Fibrous growth factors |
| H2DCFDA | 2’,7’-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate |
| HMGB1 | High mobility group box-1 |
| I/R | Ischemic/reperfusion |
| IGF-1 | Insulin/insulin-like growth factor-1 |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IRA | Infarct-related artery |
| LAD | Left anterior descending coronary artery |
| PCI | Primary percutaneous coronary intervention |
| rKL | Recombinant klotho |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RT-PCR | Real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| sICAM-1/CD54 | Intracellular adhesion molecule-1 |
| STEMI | ST elevation myocardial infarction |
| TBS | Tris-buffered saline |
| TLR-4 | Toll-like receptor 4 |
| TNF | Tumor necrosis factor |
| TTC | 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride |
| TUNEL | Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase (TdT)-mediated dUTP nick end labeling |