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. 2018 Oct 13;19(10):3150. doi: 10.3390/ijms19103150
2D two-dimensional
3D three-dimensional
AcvR2a Activin A Receptor Type 2A
AEF aligned electrospun fiber
AKT Protein kinase B
bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor
Bioink biocompatible ink
BMP2 Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2
BMPs Bone Morphogenetic Proteins
CaSO4 Calcium sulfate
COX2 cyclooxygenase-2
ECM extracellular matrix
FGF Fibroblast Growth Factor
FGF9 Fibroblast Growth Factor 9
GFP Green Fluorescent Protein
GFs Growth Factors
HA/TCP HA/tricalcium phosphate
HA Hydroxyapatite
HGF Hepatocyte growth factor
hMSCs human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
HSC Hematopoietic Stem Cell
HUVEC Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells
IGF-I Insulin-like Growth Factor-I
IGF-II Insulin-like Growth Factor-II
iNOS inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase
LH Large Hexagonal
LIPUS Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound Stimulation
LS Large Square
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MEF Mesh Electrospun Fiber
Mg2+ Magnesium ion
MgApRCP Mineralized, magnesium-doped recombinant type I collagen enriched with the RGD sequence
MgCHA Magnesium and carbonate hydroxyapatite
MgHA/ColI Magnesium-doped hydroxyapatite and type I collagen
miRNAs microRNA
Mmp13 Matrix Metallopeptidase 13
Mmp2 Matrix Metallopeptidase 2
MPa Megapascal
MSCs Mesenchymal Stem Cells
MT Masson’s Trichrome
NCs nasal chondrocytes
NF-κB nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B cells
NSG NOD scid gamma
PCL poly(e-caprolactone)
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3 kinase
PLGA poly-lactic-co-glycolic acid
PLLA poly-L-lactic acid
PSR PicroSirius Red
RANKL Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand
RCP Recombinant Collagen Peptide
REF Random Electrospun Fiber
RGD Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic acid
RGDS Arginine-Glycine-Aspartic acid-Serine
Runx2 Runt-related transcription factor 2
SH Small Hexagonal
Smad5 SMAD Family Member 5
SS Small Square
TGFβ Transforming Growth Factor beta
TGFβ3 Transforming Growth Factor beta-3
TSG6 TNF-Stimulated Gene 6 protein
V-Cam1 Vascular Cell adhesion molecule 1
VEGF Vascular-Endothelial Growth Factor
WT Wild Type
YAP/TAZ Yes-associated protein/Tafazzin
Zo-1 Zonula occludens-1