| HMO | Human milk oligosaccharide |
| 2′FL | 2′-Fucosyllactose |
| LDFT | lacto-difucotetraose |
| 3′SL | 3′-sialyllactose |
| 3′SLN | 3′-sialyllactosamine |
| 6′SLN | 6′-sialyllactosamine |
| LNT | lacto-N-tetraose |
| LNnT | lacto-N-neo-tetraose |
| LNFP | lacto-N-fucopentaose |
| LNDFH1 | lacto-N-difucohexaose 1 |
| LNH | lacto-N-hexaose |
| LST | sialyl-lacto-N-tetraose |
| DSLNT | disialyl-lacto-N-tetraose |
| fpEC | feto-placental endothelial cells |
| GDM | gestational diabetes mellitus |
| oGTT | oral glucose tolerance test |