| AFP | α-fetoprotein |
| ALB | Albumin |
| bFGF | Basic fibroblast growth factor |
| BMP | Bone morphogenetic proteins |
| CYP | Cytochrome P450 |
| DE | Definitive endoderm |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified eagle’s medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| ECGF | Endothelial cell growth factor |
| EGF | Epidermal growth factor |
| EGM | Endothelial cell growth medium |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FGF | Fibroblast growth factor |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HCM | Hepatocyte culture medium |
| hESC | Human embryonic stem cells |
| HGF | hepatocyte growth factor |
| hiPSC | Human induced pluripotent stem cells |
| HLC | Hepatocyte-like cells |
| HNF4A | Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 α |
| HUVEC | Human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
| KRT18 | Cytokeratin 18 |
| L15 | Leibovitz’s |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| OSM | Oncostatin M |
| PECAM1 | Platelet and endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 |
| POU5F1 | POU domain, class 5, transcription factor 1 |
| RPMI | Roswell Park Memorial Institute |
| VWF | Von Willebrand factor |