AAA	Abdominal aortic aneurysm
AD	Autosomal dominant
AR	Autosomal recessive
BS	Behçet syndrome
CaM	Calmodulin
CT	Computed tomography
EC	Endothelial cell
ECM	Extracellular matrix
ERAP1	Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ERK1/2	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2
EV	Extracellular vesicles
FDG	Fluorodeoxyglucose
HSS	Hughes-Stovin syndrome
ICA	Intracerebral aneurysms
IFNƴ	Interferon gamma
IL	Interleukin
KRP	Kinase-related protein
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinases
MLCP	Myosin light chain phosphatase
MMP	Metalloproteinase
nmMLCK	Non-muscle myosin light chain kinase (synonyms: MLCK, MLCK108, MLCK210, MYLK1, smMLCK, Smooth muscle myosin light chain kinase)
MYLK	Myosin light chain kinase gene
MT	Microtubules
NETs	Neutrophil extracellular traps
NFkB	Nuclear factor-kB
PE	Pulmonary embolism
PET-CT	Positron emission tomography
PA	Pulmonary artery
PAA	Pulmonary artery aneurysms
PK+ARD1	Protein kinases and ARD1 acetylase
PYK2	Neutrophil tyrosine kinase
ROCK	Rho kinase
RLC	Regulatory light chain
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
SMC	Smooth muscle cells
SNPs	Single nucleotide polymorphism
SV	Supervillin
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
sVEGFR-1	Soluble VEGF-receptor 1
TAAD	Thoracic aortic aneurysms or dissections
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
UPS	Ubiquitin-proteasome system
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VUS	Variant of unknown significance