RNA	Ribonucleic acid
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
A	Adenine
C	Cytosine
G	Guanine
T	Thymine
U	Uridine
ALISA	Aptamer-linked immobilized sorbent assays
KF	Folding constant
KD	Dissociation constant
SELEX	Synthetic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
RT-PCR	Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction
BLI	Biolayer interferometry
PE	r-phycoerythrin
FAM	Carboxyfluorescein
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ELONA	Enzyme-linked oligonucleotide assay
DKK	Dickkopf
Muc-1	Mucin-1
dZ	6-amino-5-nitro-3-(1′-β-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl)-2(1H)-pyridone
dP	2-amino-8-(1′-β-D-2′-deoxyribofuranosyl)-imidazo[1,2-a]-1,3,5-triazin-4(8H)-one
Ds	7-(2-thienyl)imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine
Px	2-nitro-4-propynylpyrrole
PTK	Protein tyrosine kinase
Ag2S	Silver sulfide
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
IFN	Interferon
VWF	Von Willebrand Factor
pM	Picomolar
HRP	Horseradish peroxidase
mAb	Monoclonal antibody
dU	Deoxyuridine
dC	Deoxycytidine
dUTP	Deoxyuridines triphosphate
dCTP	Deoxycytidine triphosphate
Bn	5-benzylaminocarbonyl
Nap	5-naphthylmethylaminocarbonyl
Trp	5-tryptaminocarbonyl
iBu	5-isobutylaminocarbonyl
MOE	5-morpholinoethylaminocarbonyl
Tyr	5-hydroxyphenylethylaminocarboxyl
Thr	5-hydroxyphenylethylaminocarboxyl
Pp	5-phenylpropylaminocarbonyl
SOMAmer	Slow off-rate modified aptamers
UV	Ultraviolet
Simoa	Single molecule array
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
GDP	Guanine diphosphate
HVP	Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
VLP	Virus-like particle
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NF-IL6	Nuclear factor for interleukin-6
HIV	Human immunodeficiency virus
TGF-β1	Transforming growth factor beta 1
RANK	Receptor activator of nuclear factor κB
SELDI-	Surface enhanced laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry
MS	Mass spectrometry
2′-F-ANA	2′-Fluoroarabino nucleic acid
TBA	Thrombin binding aptamer
5-IdU	5-iodo-2′-deoxyuridine
LNA	Locked nucleic acid
NaIO4	Sodium periodate
NaBH3CN	Sodium cyanoborohydride
NHS	N-hydroxysuccinimide
IgG	Immunoglobulin G
F-carboxyl	α, α-gem-difluoromethyl carboxylic acid
SA	Streptavidin