2D	Two dimensional
3D	Three dimensional
ALK5iII	Activin receptor-like kinase 5 inhibitor II
ASCs	Adult stem cells
bFGF	Basic fibroblast growth factors
BMP	Bone morphogenic protein
DAPT	N-[N- (3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-L-alanyl-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester
Db-cAMP	Dibutyryl-cyclic AMP
DE	Definitive endoderm
DM	Diabetes mellitus
ECCs	Endocrine cell clusters
ECM	Extracellular matrix
ECs	Endocrine cells
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
EPs	Endocrine progenitors
FAB	bFGF, Activin-A and BMP4
GIP	Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide
GLP1	Glucagon-like peptide-1
GLUT1/2	Glucose transporter ½
GSIS	Glucose stimulated insulin secretion
GSK-3 β	Glycogen synthase kinase-3 beta
hAFSC	Human amniotic fluid-derived stem cells
hESCs	Human embryonic stem cells
HGF	Hepatocyte Growth Factor
hiPSCs	Induced pluripotent stem cells
hPSCs	Human pluripotent stem cells
ITS-X	Insulin, Transferrin, Selenium, Ethanolamine solution
KGF	Keratinocyte growth factor
NME2	Non-metastatic cells 2
pdECM	Pancreatic tissue derived ECM
PE	Pancreatic endoderm
PGT	Posterior gut tube
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinases
PKC	Protein kinase C
PPs	Pancreatic progenitors
RA	Retinoic acid
SHH	Sonic hedgehog
SIRT	Sirtulins
T3	T3 Triiodothyronine
TGF-β1	Transforming growth factor beta 1
TPB	(((2S,5S)-(E,E)-8-(5-(4-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-2,4 pentadienoylamino)benzolactam)
UCP2	Uncoupling protein 2