ANK	ankyrin
ALP	alkaline phosphatase
ADAM	a disintegrin and metalloprotease
AOS	Adams-Oliver syndrome
ATF4	Activating Transcription Factor 4
Bglap	Bone γ-carboxyglutamate protein
BMP	Bone Morphogenetic Protein
BMSC	bone marrow stem cell
CADASIL	cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy
Cre	cyclization recombinase
Col	collagen
DAPT	N-[N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-L-alanyl]-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester
Dll	Delt-like ligand
EGF	Epidermal Growth Factor
FBXW7	F-box/WD repeat-containing protein 7
FGF/-R	fibroblast growth factor/-receptor
GSK-3β	Glycogen synthase kinase-3β
Hes	hairy enhancer of the split
Hey	hairy ears, Y-linked
HCS	Hajdu Cheney syndrome
Hif	Hypoxia-inducible factor
LMS	lateral meningocele syndrome
LNR	Lin-12-Notch repeat
loxP	locus of X-over P1
MAML	Mastermind-like
M-CSF	macrophage-colony stimulating factor
MSC	mesenchymal stem cell
NECD	Notch extracellular domain
NFATc1	Nuclear Factor of Activated T-cell, cytoplasmic 1
NEXT	Notch extracellular truncation
NICD	Notch intracellular domain
NRR	negative regulator region
OPG	osteoprotegerin
Perx1	Peroxiredoxin-1
PEST	proline, glutamine, serin and threonine
RAM	recombination signal binding protein kappa-J region associated module
RANK(L)	receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B (ligand)
RBP-J-κ	Recombination Signal Binding Protein for Immunoglobulin Kappa J Region
Runx2	Runt-related transcription factor 2
TAD	transcriptional activation domain
TGF-β	tumor growth factor-β
VEGFR1	vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 1