| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| APC | Adenomatous Polyposis Coli |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BCA | BiCinchoninic acid Assay |
| BSA | Bovine Serum Albumin |
| CBP | cAMP response element-binding protein |
| CDD | Charged Coupled Device |
| CDK | Cyclin-Dependent Kinase |
| CK1α | Casein Kinase 1α |
| CST | Cell Signaling Technology |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| DPBS | Dulbecco’s Phosphate Buffer Saline |
| EDTA | EthyleneDiamineTetraacetic Acid |
| FBS | Fetal Bovine Serum |
| Fzd | Frizzled |
| GSEA | Gene Set enrichment analysis |
| GSK3β | Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 β |
| HEK293 | Human Embryonic Kidney |
| HE | Hematoxylin-Eosin |
| HRP | Horseradish Peroxidase |
| LRP | low-density lipoprotein receptor related protein |
| MSCs | mesenchymal stem cells |
| miR | micro-RNAs |
| PMSF | phenylmethylsulforyl fluoride |
| PVDF | PolyVinyliDene Fluoride |
| RIPA | Radio-Immuno-Precipitation Assay |
| RPKM | Reads Per Kilobase Million |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate-Polyacrylamide gel |
| SOST | Sclerostin |
| SPARCL1 | Secreted Protein Acidic and Rich in Cysteine Like-1 |
| TBS | Tris-Buffered Saline |
| TCF/LEF | T cell factor/lymphoid enhancer factor |