| AHA | American Heart Association |
| ANAX | annexin |
| AP1 | activator protein 1 |
| APO | apolipoprotein |
| ASA | American Stroke Association |
| BCA | bicinchoninic acid |
| BDNF | brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| COMIRB | Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board |
| CCL | chemokine (C-C motif) ligand |
| CCR | chemokine (C-C motif) receptor |
| CD | cluster of differentiation |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CSF1 | colony stimulating factor 1 |
| CT | computed tomography |
| CVA | cerebrovascular accident |
| CX3CL | chemokine (C-X3-C motif) ligand |
| CXCL | chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand |
| DTT | dithiothreitol |
| EGF | epidermal growth factor |
| EV | extracellular vesicle |
| FGF | fibroblast growth factor |
| FLOT | flotillin |
| GCS | Glasgow Coma Scale |
| GCP | granulocyte chemotactic protein |
| GM | c-s-Golgi matrix protein |
| GM-CSF | granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor |
| GOS-E | Glasgow Coma Scale-Extended |
| GRO | growth-activated oncogene |
| HGF | hepatocyte growth factor |
| HRP | horse radish peroxidase |
| ICAM | intracellular adhesion molecule |
| ICH | intracranial hemorrhage |
| IFN | interferon |
| Ig | immunoglobulin |
| IGF | insulin-like growth factor |
| IGFBP | insulin-like growth factor binding protein |
| IL | interleukin |
| IP-10 | interferon gamma-induced protein 10 |
| IPA | Ingenuity Pathway Analysis |
| IPH | intraparenchymal hemorrhage |
| IVH | intraventricular hemorrhage |
| JUN | homolog of viral oncoprotein v-jun |
| KITLG | KIT (proto-oncogene receptor tyrosine kinase) ligand |
| LIF | leukemia inhibitor factor |
| LT | lymphotoxin |
| M-CSF | macrophage-colony stimulating factor |
| MCP | monocyte chemoattractant protein |
| MDC | macrophage-derived chemokine |
| MIG | monokine induced by gamma interferon |
| MIP | macrophage inflammatory protein |
| mm | millimeter |
| mRS | modified Rankin Scale |
| NAP | neutrophil activating peptide |
| NEB | New England Biolabs |
| NIHSS | National Institute of Health Stroke Scale |
| PGF | placental growth factor |
| PlGF | placental growth factor |
| PPBP | platelet basic protein |
| RANTES | Regulated upon Activation, Normal T Cell Expressed and Presumably Secreted |
| RIPA | radio-immune precipitation assay |
| RPM | revolutions per minute |
| SAH | subarachnoid hemorrhage |
| SCF | stem cell factor |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SDH | subdural hemorrhage |
| SF | scatter factor |
| SMAD | homologous to SMA (small) and MAD (mothers against decapentaplegic) families |
| SPP | secreted phosphoprotein |
| TBST | Tris-buffered saline with Tween |
| TGFB | transforming growth factor beta |
| TH | T-helper cell |
| TIMP | tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| TSG | tumor susceptibility gene |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |