| APS | Ammonium persulfate |
| BAA | Bisacrylamide |
| CYP | Cytochrome P450 |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| FCS | Fetal calf serum |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| GST | Glutathione S-transferase |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| pHEMA | Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) |
| RGD | Proteins that contain Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD) |
| SEM | Scanning electron microscope |
| SRB | Sulforhodamine B |
| TEMED | Tetramethylethylenediamine |
| UGT | Uridine diphosphate-glucuronyltransferase |