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. 2025 Mar 25;26(7):2974. doi: 10.3390/ijms26072974
PLA Poly(lactic acid)
PCL Polycaprolactone
NaCl Sodium chloride
TM Trademark
Micro-CT Microcomputed tomography
3D Three-dimensional
ASCs Adipose-derived stem cells
PGA Polyglycolic acid
PLGA Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
FDA Food and Drug Administration
ECM Extracellular matrix
PVA Poly(vinyl alcohol)
PEO Poly(ethylene oxide)
SBF Simulated body fluid
HUVECs Human umbilical vein endothelial cells
w/w Weight in weight
SEM Scanning electron microscopy
Ctrl, CTRL Control
ANOVA Analysis of variance
S.D. Standard deviation
BET Brunauer–Emmett–Teller
A, Å Angstrom, Ångström
IUPAC International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
vs. Versus
FTIR Fourier-transform infrared
IR Infrared
Klu Klucel
NM Non-mineralized
HSD Honest significant difference
σ Stress
ε Strain
W Strain energy
E Compressive modulus
Saos Sarcoma osteogenic
MIP Maximum Image Projection
DMEM Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium
FBS Fetal bovine serum
DAPI 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole
F-actin Filamenous actin
S.E.M. Standard error of the mean
bmMSCs Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
Ti-6Al-4V Alloy of 90% titanium, 6% aluminium, and 4% vanadium
ECs Endothelial cells
CMFDA 5-Chloromethylfluorescein diacetate
RGD Arginin-glycin-aspartic acid (Arg-Gly-Asp)
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
MVFs Microvascular fragments
NRecon Volumetric reconstruction software
CTVox Micro-CT Volume Rendering Software
BJH Barrett–Joyner–Halenda
PBS Phosphate-buffered saline
BSA Bovine serum albumin
FGF-2 Fibroblast growth factor-2
CD Cluster of differentiation
FITC fluorescein-5-isothiocyanate
EGM-2 Endothelial cell growth medium 2
EBM-2 Endothelial cell basal medium 2
EGF Epidermal growth factor
IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor-1