α-SMA	Alpha-smooth muscle actin
ABCB5	Adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter
ABI	Ankle brachial index
AD-MSCs	Adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells
ASC	Adipose stem cells
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
Bax	B-cell lymphoma associated X protein
Bcl-2	B-cell lymphoma 2
bFGF	Basic fibroblast growth factors
BMP-2	Bone morphogenetic protein 2
BMSCs	Bone marrow stromal cells
BM-MNCs	Bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells
BM-MSCs	Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell
CCL	Chemokine Ligand
CCR	C-C Chemokine receptor
CD	Cluster of differentiation
CircRNA	Circular RNA
CLI	Critical Limb Ischemia
CM	Conditioned medium
CRP	C-Reactive Protein
CXCR	C-X-C chemokine receptor
DFU	Diabetic foot ulcers
DM	Diabetes mellitus
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
ERK	Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase
EV	Extracellular vesicles
FasL	Fas ligand
FGF-2	Fibroblast Growth Factor-2
G-CSF	Granulocyte-colony stimulating factor
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GSK3β	Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
hAD-MSCs	Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells
hBMSCs	Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
HLI	Hindlimb ischemia
HO-1	Heme oxygenase-1
hUC-MSC	Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell
ICAM1	Intercellular adhesion molecule
IDO	Indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase
IGF-1	Insulin-like growth factor-1
IHD	Ischemic heart disease
IFN-γ	Interferon- gamma
IL	Interleukin
IL-1RA	Interleukin-1 receptor antagonists
IM	Intramuscular
iMSCs	Induced mesenchymal stem cells
iNOS	Induced
ITGA1	Integrin alpha 1
IV	Intravenous
JAK	Just another kinase (Janus kinase)
LAD	Left anterior descending artery
lncRNA	Long non-coding RNA
LPS	Lipopolysaccharides
LV	Left Ventricular
MCP	Monocyte chemoattractant protein
MI	Myocardial infarction
MIP	Macrophage inflammatory protein
miRNA	Micro Ribonucleic Acid
MMP11	Matrix metalloproteinase-11
MNC	Mononuclear cells
MPCs	Mesenchymal precursor cells
mRNA	Messenger Ribonucleic Acid
MSC-exo	Mesenchymal stem cell derived exosomes
MSCs	Mesenchymal stem cells
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
NFkB	Nuclear Factor kappa B
NGF-β	Nerve growth factor-beta
OGD	Oxygen-glucose deprivation
OIR	Oxygen-induced retinopathy
P-p44/42 MAPK	Phospho-p44/42 mitogen-activated protein kinase
p-SMAD2	Phosphorylated small mothers against decapentaplegic protein
PDCD4	Programmed Cell Death Protein 4
PDGF	Platelet derived growth factor
PDGFR	Platelet derived growth factor receptor
Peli1	Pellino1
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PIGF	Placental growth factor
PLI	Peripheral leg ischemia
PTEN	Phosphatase and tensin homolog
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SC	Subcutaneous
SCF	Stem cell factor
SDF-1	Stromal-derived factor 1
Sh-H19	Short hairpin-H19
STAT	Signal transducer and activator of transcription
STEMI	ST-elevated myocardial infarction
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-beta
Th2	T- helper 2
THP-1	Tamm-Horsfall Protein 1.
TIMP-1	Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinase-1
TLR	Toll-like receptors
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
TNFR	Tumor necrosis factor receptor
TSG 101	Tumor susceptibility gene
TSG-6	TNF stimulated gene-6
UC-MSCs	Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells
VCAM1	Vascular cell adhesion protein 1
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
Wnt	Wingless-related integration site