| BB | beading buffer |
| BM | bone marrow |
| ceRNA | competing endogenous RNA |
| DE | differentially expressed |
| DNB | DNA nanoball |
| FC | fold change |
| GO | gene ontology |
| GRN | gene regulatory network |
| h | human |
| HbA | adult hemoglobin |
| HbF | fetal hemoglobin |
| hCD34+ | human peripheral-blood-derived CD34+ stem/progenitor |
| HPV16 | human papillomavirus 16 |
| HSC | hematopoietic stem cell |
| HSPC | hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell |
| HUDEP | human umbilical cord blood-derived erythroid progenitor |
| lncRNA | long non-coding RNA |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| ncRNA | non-coding RNA |
| PB | peripheral blood |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PC | principal component |
| piRNA | piwi-interacting RNA |
| pre-miRNA | precursor miRNA |
| pri-miRNA | primary miRNA |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| RP-HPLC | reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography |
| rRNA | ribosomal RNA |
| RT-qPCR | reverse-transcription quantitative PCR |
| siRNA | small interfering RNA |
| sncRNA | small non-coding RNA |
| snoRNA | small nucleolar RNA |
| snRNA | small nuclear RNA |
| TF | transcription factor |
| TPM | transcripts per million |
| tRNA | transfer RNA |