| cAMP | Cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| aoSMC | murine aortic smooth muscle cells |
| Ednra/b | Endothelin receptor type A/B |
| ERK | Extracellular-signal regulated kinase |
| ET-1 | Endothelin 1 |
| GDP | Guanosine-5′-diphosphate |
| GPCR | G protein coupled receptor |
| GTP | Guanosine-5′-triphosphate |
| HUASMC | Human umbilical artery smooth muscle cell |
| IP-3 | Inositoltriphosphate |
| IP-1 | Inoisitolmonophosphate |
| IP1 | Prostacyclin receptor |
| MAP | Mitogen activated kinase |
| MLC | Myosin light chain |
| PKA | Protein kinase A |
| PLC | Phospholipase C |
| RGS | Regulator of G-protein signaling |
| Rpl32 | Ribosomal Protein L32 |
| SM-MHC | Smooth muscle-myosin heavy chain |
| TGFβ | Transforming growth factor beta |
| VCP | Valosin containing protein |
| VSMC | Vascular smooth muscle cell |
| αSMA | alpha smooth muscle actin |