| 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 |