| hAFSCs | Human amniotic fluid stem cells |
| CFU | Colony forming unit |
| CPM | Counts Per Million mapped reads |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| FBS | foetal bovine serum |
| MSCs | mesenchymal stem cells |
| OCN | osteocalcin |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| RNAseq | RNA sequencing |
| RPKM | Reads Per Kilobase per Million mapped reads |
| SE | Standard Error |
| UPR | unfolded protein response |