ACL	anterior cruciate ligament
ADAMTS	a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs
AFM	atomic force microscopy
BGN	biglycan
COMP	cartilage oligomeric protein
COX-2	cyclooxygenase-2
CRTC1/2	CREB-regulated transcription coactivator 1
CTGF	connective tissue growth factor
CTS	cyclic tensile strain
DAMPs	damage-associated molecular pattern
DCN	decorin
DMM	destabilisation of the medial meniscus
ECM	extracellular matrix
FGF	fibroblast growth factor
FN	fibronectin
GAG	glycosaminoglycan
HDGF	hepatoma-derived growth factor
HSPG2	heparan sulphate proteoglycan 2
IGF1	insulin growth factor 1
Ihh	Indian Hedgehog
IL	interleukin
LINC	linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton
LRP6	lipoprotein receptor-related protein 6
ITM	interterritorial matrix
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MMP	matrix metalloproteinase
NG2	neural/glial antigen 2
OA	osteoarthritis
PCM	pericellular matrix
PDGF	platelet-derived growth factor
PG	proteoglycan
PGE2	prostaglandin E2
PRG4	proteoglycan 4
P-SHG	polarisation sensitive second harmonic generation
PTOA	post-traumatic osteoarthritis
sGAG	sulphated glycosaminoglycan
SLRP	small leucine-rich proteoglycan
SZ	superficial zone
TAL	tibial axial loading
TAZ	transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif
TGF	transforming growth factor
TLRs	Toll-like receptors
TM	territorial matrix
TNFα	tumour necrosis factor alpha
TRPV	transient receptor potential vanilloid
YAP	Yes-associated protein