| IBD | Inflammatory bowel disease |
| CD | Crohn’s disease |
| UC | Ulcerative colitis |
| 2-D | Two-dimensional |
| 3-D | Three-dimensional |
| ESCs | Embryonic stem cells |
| iPSCs | Induced pluripotent stem cells |
| BMDCs | Bone marrow dendritic cells |
| Slpi | Secretory leukoprotease inhibitor |
| WT | Wild-type |
| Hmox1 | Heme oxygenase 1 |
| Fpn1 | Ferroportin-1 |
| C/EBP-β | CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β |
| Lcn-2 | Lipocalin2 |
| DPBS | Dulbecco’s phosphate buffered saline |
| GCDR | Gentle cell dissociation reagent |