5-FU	5-fluorouracil
AdA	adipic acid
AzA	azelaic acid
BSA	bovine serum albumin
CAL	lipase B from Candida Antarctica
CIP	ciprofloxacin-HCl
CL	ε-caprolactone
Cyt-ara	cytosine arabinoside
DB	degree of branching
D-lact	D-lactide
DMF	N,N-dimethyl formamide
DMSO	dimethyl sulfoxide
DP	degree of polymerization
dPGS	dendritic polyglycerol sulfate
DSC	differential scanning calorimetry
DXM	dexamethasone
DXMP	dexamethasone phosphate
ECM	extracellular matrix
EDC	1-ethyl-(3,3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodiimide
FA	folic acid
FDA	US Food and Drug Administration
FTIR	Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy
Gld	glycidol
GA	glutaric acid
Gly	glycerol
GPC	gel permeation chromatography
h	hour
HA	hydroxyapatite
HBPG	hyperbranched polyglycerol
HBPG-NH2	amino hyperbranched polyglycerol
HPMA	N-(2-hydroxypropyl) methacrylamide
IBU-Na	ibuprofen sodium salt
Ind	indomethacin
IV	intrinsic viscosity
LaA	lactic acid
Lact	lactide
L-lact	L-lactide
L-leu	L-leucine
MG	monoglyceride
Mn	number average molecular weight
MTX	methotrexate
Mw	weight average molecular weight
MWD	molecular weight distributions
NHS	N-hydroxysuccinimide
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
NP	nanoparticle
OX26	transferrin antibody
PAMAM	polyamidoamine
PBS	phosphate buffer saline
PCL	poly(ε-caprolactone)
PDI	polydispersity index
PDL	pentadecalactone
PDLA	poly(D-lactic acid), poly(D-lactide)
PEG	polyethylene glycol
PEGDA	poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate
PEI	polyethylenimine
PEO	poly(ethylene oxide)
PG	polyglycidol
PGA	poly(glycolic acid), poly(glycolide)
PGAd	poly(glycerol adipate)
PGAdS	stearic acid-modified PGAd
PGAz	poly(glycerol azelate)
PGCL	poly(glycerol ε-caprolactone)
PGGlu	poly(glycerol glutarate)
PGL	poly(glycerol lactide)
PGly	poly(glycerol)
PGSeb	poly(glycerol sebacate)
PGSMA	poly(glycerol succinate-co-maleate)
PGSub	poly(glycerol suberate)
PGSuc	poly(glycerol succinate)
PHA	poly(hydroxyalkanoates)
PLA	poly(lactic acid), poly(lactide)
PLGA	poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), poly(lactide-co-glycolie)
PLLA	poly(L-lactic acid), poly(L-lactide)
PNIPAAm	poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)
PTX	paclitaxel
PVA	poly(vinyl alcohol)
RBITC	Rhodamine B Isothiocyanate
ROP	ring-opening-polymerization
RPC	retinal progenitor cells
SeA	sebacic acid
SEC	size exclusion chromatography
SEM	scanning electron microscopy
Sn(Oct)2	tin(II) 2-ethylhexanoate, stannous octoate
SuA	succinic acid
TAC	tacrolimus
Tg	glass transition temperature
THF	tetrahydrofurane
Tm	melting temperature
TPT	tetraphenyl tin
TSA	p-toluenesulfonic acid