| GDP | Guanosine Diphosphate |
| GMDS | GDP-mannose 4,6-dehydratase |
| EGF | Epidermal Growth Factor |
| TSRs | Thrombospondin type |
| FUT | Fucosyltransferases |
| EMI | Elastin Microfibril Interface |
| HCC | Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
| TGF | Transforming Growth Factor |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinases |
| NICD | Notch Intracellular Domain |
| CDG | Congenital Disease of Glycosylation |
| GWAS | Genome Wide Association Studies |
| LADII | Leukocyte adhesion deficiency 2 |
| CDG IIC | Congenital disorder of glycosylation type IIc |
| FPGT | fucose-1-phosphate guanylyl transferase |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| POFUT | Protein O-Fucosyltransferase |
| POAG | Primary Open Angle Glaucoma |
| OMIM | Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man |
| FCSK | Fucokinase |
| GFUS | GDP-L-Fucose Synthase |
| DDD | Dowling-Degos disease |
| SNPs | Single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| CADASIL | Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy |
| CSVD | cerebral small vessel diseases |
| CS | congenital scoliosis |
| SCD | spondylocostal dysostoses |
| LNFG | Lunatic Fringe |
| PAR | passive avoidance memorization |
| RGCs | Retinal ganglion cells |
| OCT | optical coherence tomography |
| PTZ | Pentylenetetrazol |
| hpf | hour post fertilization |
| CEFT | C. elegans fucosyltransferases |