| ACAN | Aggrecan |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| B2M | β2 microglobulin |
| BM | Bone marrow |
| c-Myc | MYC |
| COL2A1 | Collagen type II alpha 1 chain |
| COL10A1 | Collagen type X alpha 1 chain |
| COX4I2 | Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 4I2 |
| CPCs | Cardiac progenitor cells |
| CSCs | Cardiac stem cells |
| cTNT | Cardiac troponin T |
| ECAR | Extracellular acidification rate |
| ESCs | Embryonic stem cells |
| FABP4 | Fatty acid-binding protein 4 |
| FACS | Fluorescent activated cell sorting |
| FCCP | Carbonyl cyanide-p-trifluoromethoxyphenylhydrazone |
| FIS1 | Mitochondrial fission 1 protein |
| GATA4 | GATA Binding protein 4 |
| hCmPC | Human cardiac mesenchymal progenitor cells |
| iPSCs | Induced pluripotent stem cells |
| KDR | kinase insert domain receptor |
| KLF4 | Krüppel like factor 4 |
| MDR-1 | Multidrug-resistance |
| MFN2 | Mitofusin-2 |
| MFIM | Mitofusin-2Mean fluorescence intensity |
| MP13 | Matrix metallopeptidase 13 |
| mtDNA | Mitochondrial Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| ND5 | Mitochondrially encoded NADH, ubiquinone oxidoreductase core subunit 5 |
| nDNA | Nuclear Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| NGFR | Nerve growth factor receptor |
| NKX2.5 | NK2 Homeobox 5 |
| NOS3 | Endothelial nitric oxide synthase |
| OCR | Oxygen consumption rate |
| Oct-4 | Octamer-binding transcription factor |
| Opa1 | Optic atrophy type 1 |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PGC-1α | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha |
| PLIN-1 | Perilipin 1 |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RUNX-2 | Runt-related transcription factor 2 |
| SPP1 | Secreted Phosphoprotein 1 |
| SOD2 | Superoxide dismutase 2 |
| SOX9 | SRY-Box transcription factor 9 |
| TBX5 | T-Box transcription factor 5 |
| TMRM | Tetramethylrhodamine methyl ester |
| VEGFR-2 | Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 |
| α-SARC | Alpha sarcomeric actin |
| α-SMA | Alpha-smooth muscle actin |
| Δψm | Mitochondrial membrane potential |