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. 2026 Sep 1;17(9):436. doi: 10.3390/jfb17090436
AA Acrylic acid
ACAN Aggrecan
ACTA2 Actin alpha 2, smooth muscle
ADAMTS5 A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 5
ARG1 Arginase 1
BAX BCL2-associated X protein
BCL2 B-cell lymphoma 2
bFGF Basic fibroblast growth factor
CASP3 Caspase 3
CD31 Cluster of differentiation 31
CD206 Cluster of differentiation 206
COL1A1 Collagen type I alpha 1 chain
COL2A1 Collagen type II alpha 1 chain
COL3A1 Collagen type III alpha 1 chain
Dex-PCL-HEMA/PNIPAAm Dextran-polycaprolactone-2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate/poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
ECM Extracellular matrix
F127 Pluronic F127
FGF2 Fibroblast growth factor 2
FTIR Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
GAG Glycosaminoglycan
GOx Glucose oxidase
HA Hyaluronic acid
HEMA 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate
HGF Hepatocyte growth factor
HIF1A Hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha
IL-1β Interleukin-1 beta
IL-6 Interleukin-6
IL-10 Interleukin-10
M2 M2 macrophage phenotype
MMP2 Matrix metalloproteinase 2
MMP9 Matrix metalloproteinase 9
MMP13 Matrix metalloproteinase 13
MOF/MOFs Metal–organic framework(s)
NanoMOFs Nanoscale metal–organic frameworks
NO Nitric oxide
OARSI Osteoarthritis Research Society International
P123 Pluronic P123
PAA Poly(acrylic acid)
PCL Polycaprolactone
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PEG Polyethylene glycol
PEGDA Polyethylene glycol diacrylate
PF-127 Pluronic F127
PLGA Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
PNIPAM/PNIPAAm Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
POEGMA Poly(oligoethylene glycol) methacrylate
PRG4 Proteoglycan 4
SOX9 SRY-box transcription factor 9
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TPGS D-α-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate
TPL Triptolide
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGF165 Vascular endothelial growth factor 165
VEGFA Vascular endothelial growth factor A
ZIF-8 Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8
Zn-MOF-GOx Zinc metal–organic framework–glucose oxidase system
ZnO Zinc oxide