| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| EGF | Epidermal growth factor |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| FGF2 | Basic fibroblast growth factor |
| GDNF | Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor |
| GFRα1 | GDNF family receptor alpha-1 |
| hPL | Human platelet lysate |
| MEM | Minimum Essential Medium |
| ITGA6 | Integrin alpha 6 |
| ITT | Immature testicular testis |
| LIF | Leukaemia inhibitory factor |
| PLZF PTEN |
Promyelocytic leukaemia zinc finger protein Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| SSEA4 | Stage-specific embryonic antigen-4 |
| SSC | Spermatogonial stem cell |
| SSCLC | Spermatogonial stem cell-like cells |
| UCHL1 | Ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase isozyme L1 |
| UTF1 | Undifferentiated embryonic cell transcription factor 1 |