| 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 |
|
Stress |
|
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 |