ALP	Alkaline phosphatase
APC	Anti-polyclonal
α-MEM	α-Minimal essential medium
BCA	Bicinchoninic acid
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
cDNA	Complementary DNA
CON	Control
CSC	China Scholarship Council
CTCF	Corrected total cell fluorescence
DAPI	4′,6-Diamino−2-phenylindole
2D	Two dimensional
3D	Three dimensional
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EDTA	Ethylemediaminetetraacetic acid
FAK	Focal adhesion kinase
FBS	Fetal bovine serum
HRP	Horseradish peroxidase
IBM	International Business Machines Corporation
IGF-I	Insulin-like growth factor−1
IgG	Immunoglobulin G
IPA	Isopropyl alcohol
ITGA51	Integrin-α5
KASH	Klarsicht, ANC-1, Syne homology
LDH	Lactate dehydrogenase
LINC	Linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton
LSCM	Laser scanning confocal microscope
MC3T3-E1	Mouse calvaria 3T3-E1
MITK	Medical imaging interaction toolkit
MSCs	Mesenchymal stem cells
NO	Nitric oxide
p-actin	Pan-actin
PBGD	Porphobilinogen deaminase
PFF	Pulsating fluid flow
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
p-Paxillin	Phospho-paxillin
PXNA	Paxillin-a
PXNB	Paxillin-b
RhoA	Ras homolog family member A
RT-PCR	Real time polymerase chain reaction
SD	Standard deviation
SDS-PAGE	Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
sHSPs	Small heat shock proteins
SiR	Spirochrome
SPSS	Statistical Product and Service Solutions
SUN	Sad1 and UNC-84
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
VCL	Vinculin