| TG-CA | Thymine/guanine-cytosine/adenine. |
| Ct-DNA | calf-thymus DNA |
| MCF-7 | abbreviated from Michigan Cancer Foundation-7; a breast cancer cell line. |
| HEPG-2 | hepatic liver carcinoma cell line. |
| PC-3 | hhuman prostate cancer cell line. |
| MOLT-4 | Human acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line. |