DDS	Drug delivery system
LRP	Living radical polymerization
ROP	Ring-opening polymerization
CMC	Carboxymethyl chitosan
OSA	Octenyl succinic anhydride
DOX	Doxorubicin
GSH	Glutathione
FA	Folic acid
OCS	Oxidized chondroitin sulfate
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
CMs	Chitosan-based microspheres
CRP	Controlled living polymerization
PCL	Polycaprolactone
PGA	Polyglycolide acid
ATRP	Atom transfer radical polymerization
HA	Hyaluronic acid
PTX	Paclitaxel
CS	Chitosan
GC	Galactosylated chitosan
NCTD	Norcantharidin
GO	Graphene oxide
REC	Rectorite
DP	Dextran phosphate
Pr	Prospidine
SA	Sodium alginate
DOCA	Deoxycholic acid
CHSY1	Chondroitin synthase-1
HCLR	HA/HAase/CS/liposome/shRNA
CD44	Cluster of differentiation 44
EPR	Enhanced permeability and retention
IAP	Silencing the inhibitor of apoptosis
CSA	Chondroitin sulfate A