| ALP | Alkaline phosphatase |
| BMSCs | Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells |
| CNCI | Coding non coding index |
| COL I | Collagen type I |
| CPC | Coding potential Calculator |
| DEG | Differentially expressed gene |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| KEGG | Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes. |
| LF | Lactoferrin |
| lncRNAs | Long non-coding RNAs |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| ncRNAs | Non-coding RNAs |
| OCN | Osteocalcin |
| Pfam | Pfamscan |
| RNA-seq | RNA Sequencing |
| RPKM | Reads per kilo bases per million reads |