ADAMTS17	A disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs 17
ADM	Adipogenic differentiation medium
Akt	Protein Kinase B
ALP	Alkaline phosphatase
AML	Acute myelogenous leukaemia
ARS	Alizarin Red S
BMPs	Bone morphogenetic proteins
BMSCs	Bone marrow stem cells
Cbfa1	Core-binding factor subunit alpha-1
Cluster ID	Cluster identification
COL7A1	Collagen alpha-1 (VII) chain
COL13A1	Collagen alpha-1 (XIII) chain
COL21A1	Collagen alpha-1 (XXI) chain
COL27A1	Collagen alpha-1 (XXVII) chain
COL4A5	Collagen alpha-5 (IV) chain
DOP1B	Protein dopey-2
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EMID1	EMI domain-containing protein 1
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
GO	Gene ontology
hDPs	Human dental pulp cells
hDPSCs	Human dental pulp stem cells
hFc	Human IgG Fc fragment
IGF	Insulin-like growth factor
IGFBPs	Insulin-like growth factor-binding proteins
Jagged-1	Indirect immobilised Jagged-1
JNK	Jun kinases
KY	Kyphoscoliosis peptidase
LC-MS	Liquid Chromatography–Tandem Mass Spectrometry
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCODE	Molecular Complex Detection
MeV	MultiExperiment Viewer
MMP16	Matrix metalloproteinase-16
MSCs	Mesenchymal stem cells
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
MUC19	Mucin-19
MXRA5	Matrix-remodeling-associated protein 5
NanoLC-MS/MS	Nano-liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry
NCAM	Neural cell adhesion molecule
NICD	Notch intracellular domain
OCN	Osteocalcin
OM	Osteogenic differentiation medium
OPN	Osteopontin
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PDLSCs	Periodontal ligament stem cells
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PLXDC1	Plexin domain-containing protein 1
PPI	Protein–protein interaction
Runx2	Runt-related transcription factor 2
SDS	Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate
SMAD	Suppressor of mothers against decapentaplegic
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-beta