ECM	Extracellular matrix
HDL	High density lipoproteins
GML	Glyceryl monolaurate
DDG	1-O-dodecyl- rac -glycerol
BMP-2	Bone morphogenetic protein 2
Apo A1	Apolipoprotein A1
LXR	Liver X receptor
Fmoc	Fluorenyl methoxycarbonyl
A	Adenine
G	Guanine
U	Uracil
T	Thymine
C	Cytosine
PEG	Polyethylene glycol
ChS-F	Furfuryl amine grafted chondroitin sulfate
PAMAM	Polyamidoamine
HA	Hyaluronic acid
RGD	Arginyl glycyl aspartic acid
MSC	Mesenchymal stem cells
CD	Cyclodextrins
TGF-β1	Transforming growth factor beta 1
CB[n]	Cucurbit(n)urils
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
RNA	Ribonucleic Acid
PLLA	poly-L-lactic acid
PCL	polycaprolactone
PLA	polylactic acid
PEO	polyethylene oxide
BCP	Block co-polymers
CMC	Critical micellar concentration
UV	Ultraviolet
NOE	Nuclear Over Hauser effect
DOSY	Diffusion-ordered NMR spectroscopy
NOESY	Nuclear Over Hauser effect spectroscopy
ROESY	Rotating frame nuclear Over Hauser effect spectroscopy
DLS	Dynamic light scattering
DSC	Differential scanning calorimetry
SEM	Scanning electron microscopy
TEM	Transmission electron microscopy
AFM	Atomic force microscope
HGF	hepatocyte growth factor
IGF-1	Insulin-like growth factor -1
TEC	tubular epithelial cells
PDGF	platelet-derived growth factor
EGF	epidermal growth factor
DOPA	3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
MD	molecular dynamics
AMBER	Assisted Model Building with Energy Refinement
CHARMM	Chemistry at Harvard Macromolecular Mechanics
OPLS	optimized potentials for liquid simulations
GROMOS	Groningen Molecular Simulations