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. 2022 Nov 10;8(11):730. doi: 10.3390/gels8110730
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