| 7-KCHO | 7-Ketocholesterol |
| AGE | agarose gel electrophoresis |
| AMR | antimicrobial resistance |
| ARO | antibiotic resistance ontology |
| CARD | comprehensive antibiotic resistance database |
| CAZy | carbohydrate-active enzymes databases |
| COG | clusters of orthologous groups of proteins |
| COXs | cyclooxygenases |
| CPAI | chromatographic peak area integration |
| Cr | creatinine |
| DKD | diabetic kidney disease |
| ECM | extracellular matrix |
| ESKD | end-stage kidney disease |
| G-3-P | glycerol-3-phosphate |
| GBM | glomerular basement membrane |
| HE | hematoxylin-eosin |
| HMC | human mesangial cells |
| IDF | International Diabetes Federation |
| LC-MS | liquid mass spectrometry |
| L-Kyn | L-Kynureniure |
| LOXs | lipoxygenases |
| LPAR | lysophosphatidic acid receptor |
| Lysopa | lysophosphatidic acid |
| Lysopc | lysophosphatidyl choline |
| Lysope | lysophosphatidyl ethanolamine |
| Lysops | lysophosphatidyl serine |
| MAU | microalbuminuria |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| NAOD | N2-acetylornithine deacetylase |
| NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| novoDB | novogene database |
| NR | non-redundant protein sequence database |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| PE | pair-end |
| QC | quality control |
| RAAS | renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system |
| RDP | ribosomal database project |
| SCFA | short-chain fatty acids |
| TDO | tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase |
| UACR | urinary albumin/creatinine ratio |