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. 2019 Oct 14;20(20):5086. doi: 10.3390/ijms20205086
ADAM A disintegrin and metalloproteinase
ADAMTS ADAM with thrombospondin motifs
ADAMTSL ADAMTS like
AGRN Agrin
A2M Alpha-2-macroglobulin
ANXA Annexin
BMP Bone morphogenetic protein
BRAL Brain link protein
CILP Cartilage intermediate layer protein
CTS Cathepsin
CXCL Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand
CCL Chemokine ligand
CHADL Chondroadherin-like
CD Cluster of differentiation
COL Collagen
C1Q Complement component 1q
CLEC C-type lectin domain family
CST Cystatin
Dexa Dexamethasone
EMILIN Elastin microfibril interfacer
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ECM Extracellular matrix
FAM Family with sequence similarity
FGL Fibrinogen-like
FGF Fibroblast growth factor
FBLN Fibulin
FCN Ficolin
FC Fold change
FDR False discovery rate
GLDN Gliomedin
GREM Gremlin
GDF Growth/differentiation factor
HTR High-temperature requirement
HAPLN Hyaluronan and proteoglycan link protein
HA Hyaluronan
HYAL Hyaluronidase
INHB Inhibin subunit beta
IGF Insulin-like growth factor
ITGA Integrin alpha subunit
ITGB Integrin beta subunit
IFNγ Interferon gamma
IL Interleukin
LAMA Laminin alpha chain
LAMB Laminin beta chain
LAMC Laminin gamma chain
LGALS Lectin, galactoside-binding, soluble
LPS Lipopolysaccharides
LH Lysyl hydroxylase
MCSF Macrophage colony-stimulating factor
MMP Matrix metalloproteinase
MFGE Milk fat globule epidermal growth fator
MDM Monocyte-derived macrophage
NTN Netrin
ON Osteonectin
PLAU Plasminogen activator, urokinase
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PLXN Plexin
PLXDC Plexin domain containing
PCOLCE Procollagen C-endopeptidase enhancer
PPBP Pro-platelet basic protein
SPP1 Secreted phosphoprotein 1
SPARC Secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteines
SEMA Semaphorin
SPOCK SPARC/osteonectin, Cwcv, and Kazal-like domains proteoglycan
SRPX Sushi repeat-containing protein
THBS Thrombospondin
TIMP Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases
TLR Toll-like receptor
TGFβ Transforming growth factor beta
TGFBI Transforming growth factor beta induced
TINAGL1 Tubulointerstitial nephritis antigen-like
TSG Tumor necrosis factor stimulated gene
TNFAIP Tumor necrosis factor alpha induced protein
TAM Tumor-associated macrophage
UNC Uncoordinated locomotion
VEGF Vascular-endothelial growth factor
VCAN Versican