| AFM | atomic force microscopy |
| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| FIT | flexible in vitro translation |
| HGF | hepatocyte growth factor |
| MET | mesenchymal-epithelial transition factor |
| HiP-8 | HGF-inhibitory peptide-8 |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| RaPID | random non-standard peptide integrated discovery |
| scHGF | single-chain HGF |
| tcHGF | two-chain HGF |