AT-MSC	adipose tissue mesenchymal stem cells
bGH	transgenic mice expressing constitutively bovine growth hormone
BM-MSC	bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells
CEBPα	CCAAT enhancer binding protein
ERK	extracellular signal regulated kinase
FABP4	fatty acid-binding protein 4
FAK	focal adhesion kinase
GH	growth hormone
GHBP	growth hormone-binding protein
GHD	growth hormone deficiency
GHR	growth hormone receptor
GHRH	growth hormone releasing hormone
GHRKO	mouse knockout for the growth hormone receptor
IGF I	insulin-like growth factor I
IRS	insulin receptor substrate
JAK2	Janus kinase 2
MSC	mesenchymal stem cell
PLGA	poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
PPARγ	peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ
PTP	phosphotyrosine phosphatases
rhGH	recombinant human growth hormone
SOCS	suppressors of cytokine signaling
STAT	signal transducers and activators of transcription