| ACN | Acetonitrile |
| BCA | Bicinchoninic acid |
| CTGF | Connective-tissue growth factor |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| iBAQ | Intensity-based absolute quantification |
| LH | Lysyl hydroxylase |
| LH2b | Lysyl hydroxylase 2b |
| LOX | Lysyl oxidase |
| LOXL | Lysyl oxidase like enzyme |
| LTBP-2 | Latent transforming growth factor beta binding protein 2 |
| LTQ | Linear Trap Quadrupole |
| MMPs | Matrix metalloproteinases |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| SCUBE3 | CUB and EGF-like domain-containing protein 3 |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SSc | Systemic Sclerosis |
| TG2 | Transglutaminase 2 |
| TGFβ | Transforming growth factor β |
| TIMPs | Tissue inhibitors of matalloproteinases |