4-HNE	4-hydroxynonenal
ALK	Activin receptor-like kinase
ASC	Adipose stromal cell
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Aβ	β-amyloid peptide
BMP	Bone morphogenetic protein
BAT	Brown adipose tissue
KLS	c-Kit+/Lin−/Sca-1+
CNS	Central nervous system
CSF	Cerebrospinal fluid
co-Smad	Common-partner Smad
DPMSC	Double positive mesenchymal stem cell
ECM	Extracellular matrix
GDF	Growth differentiation factor
HSC	Hematopoietic stem cell
IPF	Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
I-Smad	Inhibitory Smad
ITGB3	Integrin β3
MSC	Mesenchymal stem cell
MHC	Myosin heavy chain
PAI-1	Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
R-Smad	Receptor-regulated Smad
Rb	Retinoblastoma
SASP	Senescence-associated secretory phenotype
SA-β-gal	Senescence-associated β-galactosidase
SIRT6	Sirtuin 6
TERT	Telomerase reverse transcriptase
TβRI	TGF-β type I receptor
TβRII	TGF-β type II receptor
Tif1γ	Transcriptional intermediary factor 1 γ
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
UCP1	Uncoupling protein-1
UPR	Unfolded protein response
WAT	White adipose tissue