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. 2025 Jul 4;10(7):442. doi: 10.3390/biomimetics10070442
ACP Anticancer Peptide
AdcA Specific Protein of Enterococcus faecium
AFM Atomic Force Microscopy
AHA Aldolized Hyaluronic Acid
AIE Aggregation-Induced Emission
AIEgen Aggregation-Induced Emission Luminogen
AIP Anti-Inflammatory Peptide
AKT Protein Kinase B
ALP Alkaline Phosphatase
AMP Antimicrobial Peptide
Amyloid-beta
BBB Blood–Brain Barrier
CD31 Cluster of Differentiation 31
CIA Collagen-Induced Arthritis
DC Dendritic Cell
DOX Doxorubicin
E. coli Escherichia coli
ECM Extracellular Matrix
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
ENTK Enterokinase
EPR Enhanced Permeability and Retention
ERK Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase
FE-SEM Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy
Foxp3 Forkhead Box P3
FP Specific Self-Assembling Peptide (Nap-DFDFDEGPIRRSDS)
GLUT1 Glucose Transporter 1
GMP Good Manufacturing Practice
GSH Glutathione
HA Hyaluronic Acid
IL Interleukin
IL-1β Interleukin-1 beta
IL-4 Interleukin-4
IL-6 Interleukin-6
IL-8 Interleukin-8
IL-10 Interleukin-10
IL-13 Interleukin-13
IL-17 Interleukin-17
IL-22 Interleukin-22
IκBα Inhibitor of kappa B alpha
JNK c-Jun N-terminal Kinase
LBP Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein
LC3-II Microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
LT Leukotriene
M0 Unpolarized Macrophages
M1 Classically Activated Macrophages
M2 Alternatively Activated Macrophages
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MC3T3-E1 Pre-osteoblast Cell Line
MCP-1 Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein-1
MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRSA Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus
MSC Mesenchymal Stem Cell
mTOR Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
MTX Methotrexate
NF-κB Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NIR-II Near-Infrared-II
NO Nitric Oxide
p38 p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
PCa Prostate Cancer
PEG Polyethylene Glycol
PET Positron Emission Tomography
PGs Prostaglandins
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
PI3K/Akt Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Protein Kinase B
PNF Peptide Nanofiber
PNS Peptide Nanosheet
PTT Photothermal Therapy
PVA Polyvinyl Alcohol
QCS Quaternized Chitosan
RA Rheumatoid Arthritis
RORγt Retinoic Acid-Related Orphan Receptor Gamma t
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
RQDT Specific peptide name (no standard expansion provided)
S. aureus Staphylococcus aureus
SACP Self-Assembling Anticancer Peptide
SAMP Self-Assembling Antimicrobial Peptide
SAP Self-Assembling Peptide
SCI Spinal Cord Injury
SKOV3/MDR Multidrug-resistant SKOV3 (ovarian cancer cell line)
SPECT Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography
SPPS Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis
STAT3 Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3
STED Stimulated Emission Depletion
TADF Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence
TGF-β1 Transforming Growth Factor β1
Th1 T-helper 1 Cells
Th17 T-helper 17 Cells
TLR4 Toll-Like Receptor 4
TLR Toll-Like Receptor
TME Tumor Microenvironment
TNF-α Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
TPE Tetraphenylethylene
Treg Regulatory T Cell
VCAM-1 Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1
VEGF Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
αPD-1 Anti-Programmed Cell Death Protein 1