| α-MEM | Alpha-minimum essential medium |
| ADP | Adenosine diphosphate |
| ALP | Alkaline phosphatase |
| ANOVA | Analysis of variance |
| ARS | Alizarin Red S |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BMMs | Bone marrow-derived macrophages |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| CTSK | Cathepsin K |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GPCRs | G-protein-coupled receptors |
| IACUC | Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee |
| M-CSF | Macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| MTS | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium |
| NFATc1 | Nuclear factor of activated T-cells, cytoplasmic 1 |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PDRN | Polydeoxyribonucleotide |
| PFA | Paraformaldehyde |
| PTH | Parathyroid hormone |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene difluoride |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| RANKL | Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| TRAP | Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase |