| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| MEM | Minimum essential medium |
| HS | Horse serum |
| PS | Penicillin streptomycin |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| IAC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| RPM | Revolutions per minute |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| DNCB | 2,4-Dinitrochlorobenzene |