| ADSC | adipose derived stem cell |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| APC | allophycocyanin |
| CYP11A1 | cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme |
| DAB | 3,3′ diaminobenzidine |
| DDX4 | DEAD box helicase 4 |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| ELISA | enzyme linked immunosorbent assay |
| FSH | follicle stimulating hormone |
| GET | germinal epithelial thickness |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| H&E | hematoxylin and eosin |
| HBSS | Hanks’ balanced salt solution |
| HPT | hypothalamic pituitary testicular |
| JMTBS | Johnsen mean tubular biopsy score |
| LH | luteinizing hormone |
| MSC | mesenchymal stem cell |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PE Cy7 | phycoerythrin cyanine7 |
| SD | Sprague Dawley |
| SOX9 | SRY box transcription factor 9 |
| STD | seminiferous tubule diameter |
| SVF | stromal vascular fraction |
| TEM | transmission electron microscopy |
| t SNE | t distributed stochastic neighbor embedding |