| AKT (also PKB) | Protein Kinase B |
| BAD | BCL-2 Associated Agonist of Cell Death |
| BCL | B-Cell Lymphoma |
| EGF | Epidermal Growth Factor |
| EPA | Erythroid Potentiating Activity |
| ERK | Extracellular signal-Regulated Kinases |
| FAK | Focal Adhesion Kinase |
| FGF | Fibroblast Growth Factor |
| GlcNAc | N-AcetylGlucosamine |
| HBMECs | Human Brain Microvessel Endothelial Cells |
| hNSCs | Human Neural Stem Cells |
| HSPCs | Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells |
| ICAM-1 | Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 |
| ILK | Integrin-Linked Kinase |
| IL | Interleukin |
| JAK | Janus Kinase |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal Kinase |
| LEL | Large Extracellular Loop |
| MAPK | Mitogen Activated Protein Kinases |
| GnT-V | β1-6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase V |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| MMPs | Matrix Metalloproteases |
| MPIs | Synthetic Metalloprotease Inhibitors |
| MVBs | Multivesicular Bodies |
| PDGF | Platelet-derived Growth Factor |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase |
| PLC | Phospholipase C |
| SEL | Small Extracellular Loop |
| TAZ | Transcriptional Coactivator with PDZ-binding Motif |
| TCR | T-Cell Receptor |
| TEM | Tetraspanin-Enriched Microdomains |
| TIMP | Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteases |
| VEGFR | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor |
| YAP | Yes-Associated Protein |
| WPB | Weibel-Palade bodies |