Ccl2	C-C motif chemokine 2
Cd38	Cluster of differentiation 38
c-Met	Tyrosine-protein kinase Met
Cxcl12	C-X-C motif chemokine 12
CVD	Cardiovascular disease
DICER	Endoribonuclease Dicer
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
DROSHA	Ribonuclease type III
ELISA	Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent assay
Extl3	Exostosin-like 3
FCS	Fetal calf serum
Flk-1	Fetal liver kinase receptor 1
Flt-1	Fms-like tyrosine kinase 1
HGFIdU	Hepatocyte growth factor5-Iodo-2ʹ-deoxyuridine
IH	Intermittent hypoxia
Il	Interleukin
MEMα	Minimum Essential Medium Alpha Modification
miR	MicroRNA
PAP	Pancreatitis associated protein
Reg	Regenerating gene
RpS15	Ribosomal protein S15
RT-PCR	Reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction
SAS	Sleep apnea syndrome
SH	Sustained hypoxia
TGFβ1	Transforming growth factor β1
Tnfα	Tumor necrosis factor-α
TUNEL	TdT-mediated dUTP nick end labeling
Vegf-A	Vascular endothelial growth factor A
WST-8	2-(2-methoxy-4-nitrophenyl)-3-(4-nitrophenyl)-5-(2,4-disulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium monosodium salt