AMPs |
antimicrobial peptides/proteins |
ANG |
angiogenin |
ANGPTL4 |
angiopoietin-related protein 4 |
Ang-1 |
angiopoietin 1 |
ASCs |
adipose tissue-derived stromal/stem cells |
AT-MSCs |
adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells |
BDNF |
brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
BM-MSCs |
bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells |
CCL2 |
C-C Motif chemokine ligand 2, MCP-1 |
CCL5 |
C-C motif chemokine ligand 5, RANTES |
CCL7 |
C-C Motif chemokine ligand 7 |
CDH5 |
VE-cadherin (vascular endothelial cadherin) |
CM |
conditioned medium |
c-Myc |
transcription factor c-Myc |
CXCR4 |
C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 |
CXCR7 |
C-X-C chemokine receptor type 7 |
DMD |
Duchenne muscular dystrophy |
ENA-78 |
epithelial neutrophil activating peptide |
EPCs |
endothelial progenitor cells |
EVs |
extracellular vesicles |
Exo |
exosomes |
FGF |
fibroblast growth factor |
GDNF |
glial-derived neurotrophic factor |
GRO |
growth-regulated protein |
HATMSC1 |
human adipose tissue MSCs cell line |
hCAP18/LL37 |
human cationic antimicrobial protein |
HGF |
hepatocyte growth factor |
HIF1α |
hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha |
HLA ABC |
human leukocyte antigen, major histocompatibility complex, class I |
HLA DR |
human leukocyte antigen, major histocompatibility complex, class II |
HO-1 |
heme oxygenase-1 |
HUVEC |
human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
ICAM-1 |
intercellular adhesion molecule 1 |
IDO |
indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase |
IFN-γ |
interferon gamma |
IGF |
insulin-like growth factor |
IL |
interleukin |
KDR |
kinase insert domain receptor, FLK1, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 |
LPS |
lipopolysaccharides |
MCP-1 |
monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, CCL2 |
miR |
microRNA |
MSCs |
mesenchymal stem cells |
MMPs |
matrix metalloproteinases |
MVs |
microvesicles |
NANOG |
homeobox protein NANOG, transcriptional factor |
NOTCH |
a transmembrane receptor in a signaling pathway |
Oct4 |
octamer-binding transcription factor 4 |
PDGFA |
platelet derived growth factor A |
PDGF-BB |
platelet derived growth factor-BB |
PDGFRα |
platelet-derived growth factor receptor A |
PW1 |
Peg3, paternally expressed gene 3, a marker of adult stem cells |
RANTES |
regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted protein, CCL5 |
SDF-1 |
stromal cell-derived factor 1, C-X-C motif chemokine 12, CXCL12 |
Sox2 |
(sex determining region Y)-box 2, transcription factor |
SVF |
stromal vascular fraction |
TGF-β |
transforming growth factor β |
TLR3 |
toll-like receptor 3 |
TNFα |
tumor necrosis factor alpha |
uPA |
urokinase-type plasminogen activator |
uPAR |
urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor |
VEGF |
vascular endothelial growth factor |
VEGFR |
vascular endothelial growth factor receptor |