Non-standard Abbreviations
ADAM a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs
ADAMTS-7 ADAM Metallopeptidase With Thrombospondin Type 1 Motif 7
bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor
BOPN -(Benzenesulfonyl)-L-prolyl-L-O -(1-pyrrolidinylcarbonyl)tyrosine
Ca2+ calcium ion
CAD coronary artery disease
CAEC coronary artery endothelial cell
Cch carbachol
CCP complement control protein
c-SRC proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase Src
CRISPR clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
EC endothelial cell
ECM extracellular matrix
EGF epidermal growth factor
ET-1 endothelin-1
GFR growth factor reduced
GPCR G protein coupled receptor
HEK human embryonic kidney
HUVEC human umbilical vein endothelial cell
IP3 inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
iPSC induced pluripotent stem cell
KO knockout
MLCK myosin light chain kinase
NTC non-targeting control
PDGF platelet-derived growth factor
PIP2 phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate
PKC protein kinase C
PLC phospholipase C
PE phenylephrine
SD standard deviation
siRNA small interfering RNA
SVEP1 Sushi, von Willebrand factor type A, EGF and pentraxin domain-containing protein 1
TGF transforming growth factor
UTP uridine-5’-triphosphate
VGCC L-type voltage-gated calcium channel
VSMC vascular smooth muscle cell
WT wild-type