2-AAF	2-acetylaminofluorene
Act	activin
Alb-uPA	albumin-urokinase-type plasminogen activator
ALF	acute liver failure
AFP	α-fetoprotein
APOLT	auxiliary partial orthotopic liver transplantation
AT	antitrypsin
BCs	bile canaliculi
BECs	biliary epithelial cells
BM-MCs	bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal cells
CINC-2	cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-2
CoH	Canal of Hering
Col-I	type I collagen
C/EBP	CCAAT/enhancer binding protein
CPS	carbamoylphosphate synthetase
Cx	connexin
CYP	cytochrome P450
Dex	dexamethasone
DHs	ductular hepatocytes
Dlk-1	protein delta homolog 1/preadipocyte factor 1
DMEM	Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium
DMSO	dimethylsulfoxide
DRs	ductular reactions
ECMs	extracellular matrices
EGF	epidermal growth factor
EHS	Engelbreth–Holm–Swam
EVs	extracellular vesicles
EpCAM	epithelial cell adhesion molecule
FACS	fluorescence-activating cell sorter
FAH	fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase
FBS	fetal bovine serum
FGF	fibroblast growth factor
FHF	fulminant hepatic failure
Fst	follistatin
GalN	d-galactosamine
β-gal	β-galactosidase
GdCl3	gadolinium chloride
GS	glutamine synthetase
HA	hyaluronic acid
HGF	hepatocyte growth factor
HiPSCs	human-induced pluripotent stem cells
HNF	hepatocyte nuclear factor
HPPCs	hepatocytic parental progenitor cells
HPPLs	hepatic progenitor cells proliferating on LN
ICAM	intercellular cell adhesion molecule
IGF	insulin-like growth factor
IHs	intermediate hepatocytes
IHBC	intermediate hepatobiliary cell
KCs	Kupffer cells
Krt	keratin
L-15	Leibovitz 15
LECs	liver epithelial cells
LGR	leucine-rich orphan G-protein-coupled receptor
LN	laminin
LSPCs	liver stem/progenitor cells
MHN	massive hepatic necrosis
MHs	mature hepatocytes
MUP-uPA	major urinary protein-urokinase-type plasminogen activator
NPCs	non-parenchymal cells
OCs	oval cells
OTC	ornithine transcarbamylase
PH	partial hepatectomy
Ret	retrorsine
SCF	stem cell factor
SECs	sinusoidal endothelial cells
SHs	small hepatocytes
SHPCs	small hepatocyte-like progenitor cells
Tert	telomerase reverse transcriptase
TGF	transforming growth factor
TNF-α	tumor necrotic factor-α