| AUC | Area under the curve |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic acid |
| BHI | Brain heart infusion |
| CFU | Colony forming units |
| DTT | Dithiothreitol |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| IL-1 | Interleukin 1 |
| IPTG | Isopropyl thiogalactoside |
| MALDI | Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| SEC | Size exclusion chromatography |
| TBS | Tris-buffered saline |
| TBST | Tris-buffered saline with 0.05% Tween 20 |
| TMB | 3,3′-5,5′-Tetramethylbenzidine |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |