AA	Ascorbic acid
ATCC	American Type Culture Collection
DCM	Dichloromethane
DIC	N, N’-diisopropyl carbodiimide
DMEM	Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium
DMF	Dimethylformamide
DMSO	Dimethylsulfoxide
DPBS	Dulbecco’s phosphate buffered saline
ECM	Extracellular matrix
ELISA	Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
FMOC	9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl
GC	Glucocorticoids
GnRH	Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
GR	Glucocorticoid receptor
HOBt	N-hydroxybenzotriazole
HPA	Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal
HPG	Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal
HPLC	High performance liquid chromatograph
IL-6	Interleukin-6
MALDI-TOF	Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
MMP-1	Matrix metalloproteinase-1
MW	Molecular weight
PBS	Phosphate buffered saline
RIPA	Radioimmunoprecipitation assay
RF	Arginine phenylalanine
RT-qPCR	Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction
TBST	Tris-Buffered Saline with Tween 20
UV	Ultraviolet
11β-HSD1	11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1