ALDH	Aldehyde dehydrogenase
ALL	Acute lymphocytic leukaemia
AML	Acute myeloid leukaemia
ARC	Apoptosis repressor with caspase recruitment domain
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
CXCL	Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand
CXCR	Chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor
FGF-2	Fibroblast growth factor 2
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
ICAM-1	Intercellular adhesion molecule 1
IDO	Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
IFNγ	Interferon γ
IGF-1	Insulin-like growth factor 1
IGFBP-2	Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-2
IL-8	Interleukin-8
IGF-1R	Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
LIF	Leukaemia inhibitory factor
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
Mcl-1	Myeloid cell leukaemia -1
MCP-1	Monocyte chemotactic protein-1
M-CSF	Macrophage colony-stimulating factor
MIP-2	Macrophage inflammatory protein 2
MSCs	Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells
PGDF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
S1PR1	Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 1
SDF-1	Stromal cell-derived factor 1
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor β
TNFα	Tumour necrosis factor α
VCAM-1	Vascular cell adhesion protein 1
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VLA-4	Very late antigen-4