| CL/P | Cleft Lip with or without Cleft Palate |
| CLO | Cleft Lip Only |
| CPO | Cleft Palate Only |
| DE | Differential Expression |
| EMT | Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| HEPM | Human Embryonic Palatal Mesenchymal (cell line) |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| nsCL/P | Non-syndromic Cleft Lip with or without Cleft Palate |
| nsCPO | Non-syndromic form of Cleft Palate Only |
| RT-qPCR | Reverse Transcription–quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| SNP | Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism |