| 2D | Two-dimensional |
| 2.5D | Two-point-five-dimensional |
| 3D | Three-dimensional |
| Akt | Protein kinase B (PKB) |
| APC | Adenomatous polyposis coli |
| AQP-5 | Aquaporin 5 |
| BM | Basement membrane proteins |
| CD44 | Cluster of Differentiation 44 |
| DGEA | Aspartic acid-glycine-glutamic acid-alanine |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EW | Egg White |
| EYP | Egg Yolk Plasma |
| FA | Focal adhesion |
| FAKs | Focal adhesion kinases |
| GelMA | Gelatin-methacrylamide |
| GSK3β | Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta |
| HA | Hyaluronic acid |
| Kit | Tyrosine-protein kinase (CD117) |
| Lasts 1/2 | Large tumor suppressor 1 and 2 |
| Mist-1 | Muscle, intestine and stomach expression 1 |
| MLCK | Myosin light-chain kinase |
| Mst 1/2 | Mammalian sterile 20-like kinase 1 and 2 |
| MW | Molecular weight |
| NF2 | Neurofibromatosis type 2 |
| NS-SV-AC | Normal human SG-simian virus 40-acinar cells |
| PCL | Polycaprolactone |
| PEG | Polyethelene glycol |
| PG | Parotid gland |
| PGA | Polyglycolic acid |
| PI3K | Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase |
| PLLA | Poly-l-lactic acid |
| PLGA | Poly-l-lactic-co-glycolic acid |
| RGD | Arginine-glycine-aspartic acid |
| RhoA | Transforming protein RhoA |
| ROCK | Rho kinases |
| SGs | Salivary glands |
| SLG | Sublingual gland |
| SMG | Submandibular gland |
| SRC | Proto-oncogene tyrosine-protein kinase |
| TAZ | Transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif |
| YAP | Yes Associated Protein |
| YIGSR | Tyrosine-isoleucine-glycine-serine-arginine |
| ZO-1 | Zonula occludens-1 |