| ACTA | Alpha-actin-1, skeletal muscle |
| ACTC | Alpha-actin-1, cardiac muscle |
| ACTN-2 | Alpha-actinin-2 |
| ACTN-3 | Alpha-actinin-3 |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| BAC | Benzyldimethyl-n-hexadecylammonium chloride |
| BAC-DROP | BAC-gel dissolution to digest PAGE-resolved objective proteins |
| BN | Blue native |
| CAF | Carboxy-terminal fragment of agrin |
| CBB | Coomassie brilliant blue |
| CyTOF | Mass cytometry |
| DAPs | Dystrophin-associated proteins |
| DDA | Data-dependent acquisition |
| DG | Dystroglycan |
| DIA | Data-independent acquisition |
| DIGE | Difference gel electrophoresis |
| DL | Deep learning |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| FACS | Fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| FASP | Filter-aided sample preparation |
| FC | Flow cytometry |
| FFPE | Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded |
| GE | Gel electrophoresis |
| GeLC-MS/MS | Gel electrophoresis liquid chromatography mass spectrometry |
| IB | Immunoblotting |
| ICAT | Isotope-coded affinity tags |
| IFM | Immunofluorescence microscopy |
| IHC | Immunohistochemistry |
| iST | In-StageTip |
| iTRAQ | Isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation |
| LC | Liquid chromatography |
| MALDI | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization |
| MARP | Muscle ankyrin repeat protein (ANKRD-2) |
| mIHC/IF | Multiplex immunohistochemistry/immunofluorescence |
| ML | Machine learning |
| MLC-2f | Myosin light chain, fast, regulatory (MYL-11) |
| MLC-2s | Myosin light chain, slow/cardiac, regulatory (MYL-2) |
| MLC-1/3f | Myosin light chain, fast, essential (MLC-1 and MLC-3) |
| MLC-1s | Myosin light chain, slow, essential (MLC-1sa and MLC-1sb) |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| MS/MS | Tandem mass spectrometry |
| MudPIT | Multidimensional protein identification technology |
| MuSCs | Muscle stem cells |
| MYBP-C1 | Myosin-binding protein C1, slow |
| MYBP-C2 | Myosin-binding protein C2, fast |
| MyHC-1 | Myosin heavy chain, slow type-I (Myosin-7) |
| MyHC-2a | Myosin heavy chain, fast type-IIA (Myosin-2) |
| MyHC-2b | Myosin heavy chain, fast type-IIB (Myosin-4) |
| MyHC-2x | Myosin heavy chain, fast type-IIX (Myosin-1) |
| MyHC-6 | Myosin heavy chain MYH-6 (Myosin-6) |
| MyHC-7B | Myosin heavy chain MYH-7B (Myosin-7B) |
| MyHC-13 | Myosin heavy chain MYH-13, extraocular muscle (Myosin-13) |
| MyHC-14 | Myosin heavy chain MYH-14 (Myosin-14) |
| MyHC-15 | Myosin heavy chain MYH-15 (Myoisn-15) |
| MyHC-16 | Myosin heavy chain MYH-16 (Myosin-16) |
| MyHC-emb | Myosin heavy chain, embryonic muscle, MyHC-3 (Myosin-3), |
| MyHC-neo | Myosin heavy chain, perinatal muscle, MyHC-8 (Myosin-8) |
| MYOM-1 | Myomesin-1 |
| MYOM-2 | Myomesin-2 |
| MYOZ-1 | Myozenin-1 |
| MYOZ-2 | Myozenin-2 |
| MYOZ-3 | Myozenin-3 |
| nAChR | Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor |
| NEB | Nebulin |
| OBSCN | Obscurin |
| PAGE | Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| PCT | Pressure-cycling technology |
| PRM | Parallel Reaction Monitoring |
| PTM | Post-translational modification |
| sCAF | Serum carboxy-terminal fragment of agrin |
| SCoPE-MS | Single Cell ProtEomics by Mass Spectrometry |
| SCoPE2 | Second-generation protocol called Single Cell ProtEomics |
| SDOC | Sarcopenia Definitions and Outcomes Consortium |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SILAC | Stable isotope labelling by amino acids in cell culture |
| SP3 | Single-pot solid-phase-enhanced sample preparation |
| SRM/MRM | Selected/Multiple Reaction Monitoring |
| SWATH-MS | Sequential window acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra |
| TCAP | Telethonin/titin-cap |
| TDA | Targeted data acquisition |
| TMT | Tandem mass tag |
| TNC-1 | Troponin TnC, slow/cardiac |
| TNC-2 | Troponin TnC, skeletal muscle |
| TNI-1 | Troponin TnI, slow muscle |
| TNI-2 | Troponin TnI, fast muscle |
| TNT-1 | Troponin TnT, slow muscle |
| TNT-3 | Troponin TnT, fast muscle |
| TOF | Time-of-flight |
| TPM-1 | Alpha-1-tropomyosin |
| TPM-2 | Beta-tropomyosin, slow muscle |
| TPM-3 | Alpha-3-tropomyosin, muscle |
| TPM-4 | Alpha-4-tropomyosin, cytoskeletal |
| TTN | Titin |
| USP3 | Universal solid-phase protein preparation |