| 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 |