| Ca2+ | Calcium ions |
| CHA | Calcium-HAS2 axis (also Ca2+-HAS2 Axis) |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EMT | Epithelial–mesenchymal transition |
| HA | Hyaluronic acid (also hyaluronan) |
| HAS2 | Hyaluronan synthase 2 |
| MANIFEST | Morphogenetic, Anatomical, Network, Integrative, Finite, Education, Synergy, Therapeutic and Clinical (context-flexible nomenclature framework) |
| MET | Mesenchymal–epithelial transition |
| MSCs | Mesenchymal stem cells/Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells |