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. 2020 Sep 2;7(3):104. doi: 10.3390/bioengineering7030104
3T3 Swiss albino mouse fibroblast (cell line clone)
3T6 Swiss albino mouse fibroblasts (cell line clone)
α-SMA alpha smooth muscle actin
ALG alginate
AST astaxanthin
AV Aloe vera
ARE antioxidant response element
bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor
AD-MSC (s) adipose (derived) mesenchymal/stromal stem cell(s)
BM-MSC (s) bone marrow mesenchymal/stromal stem cell(s)
CAT catalase
CH chitosan
CHO Chinese hamster ovary (cells)
CO Calendula Officinalis
COX-2 cyclooxygenase-2
Cur curcumin
Eahy926 human umbilical vein endothelial cells (hybrid cell line)
EGCG epigallocatechin gallate
E.O. essential oil
ECM extra cellular matrix 

GF growth factors
GMP good manufacturing practices
GSH-Px glutathione peroxidase
GVHD graft versus host disease
HA hyaluronic acid
Hap hydroxyapatite
HFF1 human foreskin fibroblast (cell line)
HUVEC human umbilical vein endothelial cells
IL-1 interleukin-1
IL-1b interleukin 1 beta
iPSC induced pluripotent stem cells 

Keap1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
L929 mouse subcutaneous connective tissue fibroblast (cell line)
LPS lipopolysaccharides 

M1 Th1-response macrophage phenotype (classically activated)
M2 Th2-response macrophage phenotype (alternatively activated)
MC3T3-E1 mouse preosteoblast (cell line)
MG63 human osteosarcoma (cell line)
MICH multiresponsive catechol-Fe3+ coordination hydrogel
MO Moringa oleifera
MMP matrix metalloproteinases
mRNA messenger ribonucleic acid
MSC mesenchymal stem cells
NADPH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NF-kB 
 nuclear factor kappa-B
NIH3T3 mouse swiss NIH embryo
Nrf2 nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
NOS nitric oxide synthases
NOX NADPH oxidase
P(3HB-co-3HV) poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxyvalerate)
PBAE poly(β-amino ester)
PA proanthocyanidins
PA-6 polyammide 6
PC12 pheochromocytoma (cell line)
PCL polycaprolactone
PDMS polydimethylsiloxane
PDX polydioxanone
PE polyethylene
PEG polyethylene glycol
PHBV poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate)
PLA polylactic acid
PLGA poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)
PMAA polymethacrylic acid
PS polystyrene
PU polyuretane
PVA polyvinyl alcohol
PVP polyvinylpyrrolidone
Qu quercetin
RA rosmarinic acid
RAW264.7 Abelson murine leukemia virus transformed (cell line)
ROS reactive oxygen species
SaOS2 human osteosarcoma (cell line)
SOD superoxide dismutase
SF silk fibroin
TA tannic acid
TGF-β 
 transforming growth factor beta
TNF-α tumor necrosis factor alpha
SHSY-5Y human neuroblastoma (cell line)
UMR106 
 rat osteosarcoma (cell line)
VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor