| Arg-2 | Arginine 2 |
| CD | Crohn’s Disease |
| CFU-F | Colony-Forming Unit-Fibroblasts |
| CTGF | Connective Tissue Growth Factor |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DOAJ | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ECM | Extra Cellular Matrix |
| FBS | Foetal Bovine Serum |
| FGM | Fibroblasts Growth Medium |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GvHD | Graft-versus-Host Disease |
| hCoSMC | human Colonic Smooth Muscle Cells |
| HES | Hematoxylin-Eosin-Safran |
| HGF | Hepatocyt Growth Factor |
| hIF | human Intestinal Fibroblasts |
| IBD | Intestinal Bowel Diseases |
| IGF | Insulin-like Growth Factor |
| LD | Linear Dichroism |
| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| MMP | Matrix MetalloProteinases |
| MRC | Mannose Receptor |
| MSC | Mesenchymal stem cell |
| NOS-2 | Nitric Oxide Synthase 2 |
| PAI-1 | Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor 1 |
| PBS | Phosphate Buffered Saline |
| PD-L1 | Programmed Cell Death Ligand-1 |
| NTRK | Neurotrophin Tyrosine Kinase Receptor |
| PRD | Pelvic Radiotherapy Disease |
| SERPINE -1 | Serpin Family E Member 1 |
| SERPINH 1 | Serpin Family H Member 1 |
| SMAD | Small Mother Against Decapentaplegic |
| SMC | Smooth Muscle Cells |
| SPARC | Secreted Pprotein Aacidic and Rrich in Ccysteine |
| TGF-β | Transforming Growth Factor β |
| Th | T-helper |
| TIMP | Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases |
| TLA | Three Letter Acronym |
| TSG-6 | Tumor Necrosis Factor-stimulated gene 6 |
| UC | Ulcerative Colitis |
| α-SMA | α-Smooth Muscle Actin |