4C	a derivative of chromosome conformation capture (3C) method
AFF	atypical femur fracture
ATAC-Seq	Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin using sequencing
bALP	bone alkaline phosphatase
BMD	Bone mineral density
BMSC	bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells
BRONJ	Bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis of the jaw
circRNA	circular RNA
CNE	conserved non-coding DNA element
CTX	C-terminal telopeptide of collagen type I
DXA	Dual X-ray absorptiometry
eBMD	estimated bone mineral density
ENU	N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea
eQTL	Expression quantitative trait locus
GEO	Gene Expression Omnibus
GWAS	Genome-wide association studies
GWS	Genome-wide significant
HGMD	Human Gene Mutation Database
Hi-C	high-throughput chromosome conformation capture
KP	known pathogenic
lncRNA	long non-coding RNA
MAF	Minor Allele Frequency
Mb	Mega base pairs
miRNA	microRNA
miR-SNPs	polymorphisms in miRNA genes
miR-TS-SNPs	SNPs that occur in the miRNA target site
mQTLs	DNA methylation quantitative trait locus
mRNA	messenger RNA
MSC	Mesenchymal stromal cells
MSK	musculoskeletal
ncRNA	non-coding RNA
NMR	nuclear magnetic resonance
OI	Osteogenesis imperfecta
PBMC	peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PheWAS	Phenome-wide association study
pQTL	protein expression quantitative trait locus
QCT	Quantitative computed tomography
QTL	quantitative trait locus
RNA-seq	RNA sequencing
scRNA-seq	single cell RNA sequencing
SINE	short interspersed nuclear element
SNP	single nucleotide polymorphism
SRA	Sequence Read Archive
TF	transcription factor
TFBS	transcription factor binding site
TMD	tissue mineral density
UKBB	UK BioBank
WES	Whole exome sequencing
WGS	Whole genome sequencing
WT	wild type