Definition	Abbreviation
Artificial insemination	AI
Cadherin-1	CDH1
Casitas B-lineage lymphoma	CBL
Checkpoint kinase 2	CHK2
c-Kit ligand	KITL
Cluster of differentiation 9	CD9
Cluster of differentiation 90	CD90
Days post-coitum	dpc
Days post-partum	dpp
DEAD-box helicase 4	DDX4
Deleted in azoospermia-like	DAZL
Desmoglein 2	DSG2
Developmental pluripotency associated 4	DPPA4
Doublesex and mab-3 related transcription factor 1	DMRT1
Eagle’s minimum essential media	MEM
Embryonic stem	ES
Engineered blood-testis barrier	eBTB
Enolase 2	ENO2
Extracellular matrices	ECM
Fetal bovine serum	FBS
Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3	FGFR3
Fluorescence in situ hybridization	FISH
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting	FACS
GDNF family receptor alpha-1	GFRα1
G-protein coupled receptor 125	GPR125
In vitro fertilization	IVF
In vitro spermatogenesis	IVS
Induced pluripotent stem cells	iPSC
Intracytoplasmic sperm injection	ICSI
Knockout serum replacement	KSR
Lin-28 homology A	LIN28
Magnetic-activated cell sorting	MACS
Melanoma-associated antigen 4	MAGEA4
Methylcellulose	MCS
Microscopic testicular sperm extraction	micro-TESE
Nanos C2HC-type zinc finger	NANOS
Neurogenin 3	NGN3
Octamer-binding transcription factor 4	OCT4
Paired box 7	PAX7
Peritubular factor that modulates Sertoli cell function	PModS
Phospholipid phosphatase related 3	PLPPR3
Piwi like RNA-mediated gene silencing 4	PIWIL4
POU class 5 homeobox 1	POU5F1
Primordial germ cells	PGCs
Prominin 1 (Cluster of differentiation 133)	PROM1 (CD133)
Promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger protein	PLZF
Ret proto-oncogene	RET
Retinoic acid	RA
RNA binding motif	RBM
Round-spermatid injection	ROSI
Sal-like protein 4	SALL4
Serum free medium	SFM
Soft-agar culture system	SACS
Spermatogonial stem cells	SSCs
SPOC domain containing 1	SPOCD1
Stage-specific embryonic antigen-4	SSEA4
Steel	SL
Stimulated by retinoic acid 8	STRA8
Synaptosome associated protein 91	SNAP91
Testis-specific Y-encoded protein	TSPY
Tetraspanin 33	TSPAN33
Three-dimensional	3D
Three-layer gradient system	3-LGS
Transformer-1	TRA-1
Two-dimensional	2D
Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1	UCHL1
Undifferentiated embryonic cell transcription factor 1	UTF1
Vasa gene-encoded RNA binding protein	VASA
Zinc finger with KRAB and SCAN domains 2	ZKSCAN2