ALP	Alkaline phosphatase
APC	Allophycocyanin
ARS	Alizarin red staining
ATR	Attenuated Total Reflectance
BM	Bone marrow
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium
DMF	N,N-dimethylformamide
DPBS	Dulbecco’s Phosphate-Buffered Saline
DSC	Differential scanning calorimetry
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
FITC	Fluorescein isothiocyanate
FN	Fibronectin
FTIR	Fourier transformed infrared
HD-M	High density of microparticles
HMSCs	Human mesenchymal stem cells
LD-M	Low density of microparticles
MNC's	Mononuclear cells
MTS	3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-5-(3-carboxymethoxyphenyl)-2-(4-sulfophenyl)-2H-tetrazolium
P/S	Penicillin-streptomycin
PE	Phycoerythrin
PerCP-cY5.5	Peridinin chlorophyll protein-cyanine5.5
PVDF	Poly(vinylidene fluoride)
RT-PCR	Real-time polymerase chain reaction
SEM	Scanning electron microscope
TCPS	Tissue culture polystyrene plates