| GJIC | gap junctional intercellular communication |
| Cx43 | connexin43 |
| iPSC | induced pluripotent stem cells |
| MSC | mesenchymal stem cells |
| ODDD | oculodentodigital dysplasia |
| CRISPR | Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats |
| qPCR | quantitative polymerase chain reaction |