| ANOVA | One-way analysis of variance |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| CDCl3 | Deuterated chloroform |
| CPT | Camptothecin |
| DAB | Generation-3 diaminobutyric polypropylenimine dendrimer |
| DAB-CPT | Camptothecin-conjugated generation-3 diaminobutyric polypropylenimine dendrimer |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DMAP | 4-dimethylaminopyridine |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DMSO-d6 | Deuterated dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic acid |
| D2O | Deuterium oxide |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| EDC | N-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-N′-ethylcarbodiimide hydrochloride |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FRR | Flow rate ratio |
| MEM | Minimum Essential Eagle’s Medium |
| NMR | Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| ONPG | Ortho-nitrophenyl-β-D-galactopyranosidase |
| OPSS | Orthopyridyl disulfide |
| OPSS-PEG-SCM | Succinimidyl carboxymethyl ester |
| PBS | Phosphate buffer saline |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| PLB | Passive lysis buffer |
| S.E.M. | Standard error of the mean |
| TAE | Tris-acetate-EDTA |
| TE | Tris-EDTA |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| TFR | Total flow rate |