AGE	Advanced glycation end
AOIMT	Aortic media-intima media thickening
BDP	Biopolymer-encapsulated D-PDMP
BMI	Body mass index
Cav-1	Caveolin-1
Cer	Ceramide
CRC	Calcium retention capacity
DAGS	Diacylglycerols
DM	Diabetes mellitus
D-PDMP	D-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3-morpholino-1-propanol
D-EtDO-P4	D-thero-1-(3,4,-ethylenedioxy) phenyl-2-palmitoylamino-1-pyrrolidino-1propanol
GlcCer	Glucosylceramide
GCase	Glucosylceramidase
GLUT4	Glucose transporter type 4
GM3	Monosialodihexosylceramide
GSL	Glycosphingolipidids
HDL	High-density lipoprotein
HFD	High fat diet
ICAM-1	Intercellular cell adhesion molecule
IR	Insulin receptor
IRS-1	Insulin receptor substrate 1
IRS	Insulin receptor substrate
LDL	Low-density lipoprotein
NAFLD	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NPC-1	Niemann-Pick C1
Ox-LDL	Oxidized low-density lipoprotein
PECAM-1	Platelet cell adhesion molecule
PDGF	Platelet derived growth factor
PDGF	Platelet derived growth factor receptor
P13K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinases
PKB	Protein kinase B
PKC	Protein kinase C
PSL	Phosphosphingolipids
PWV	Pulse wave velocity
S1P	Sphingosine-1-phosphate
S1PR	Spingosine-1-phosphate receptor
SLs	Sphingolipids
SM	Sphingomyelin
SMase	Sphingomyelinases
SphK1	Sphingosine kinases 1
Sphk2	Sphingosine kinases 2
SPT	Serine palmitoyltransferase
T1D	Type-I diabetes
T2D	Type-ll diabetes
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
UDP-galactose	Uridine-diphosphate galactose
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR	Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
VLDL	Very-low-density-lipoprotein