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. 2023 Jan 14;12(2):319. doi: 10.3390/cells12020319
ACKR atypical chemokine receptor
ADAMTS a disintegrin and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs
AKT protein kinase B (PKB)
ALK activin receptor-like kinase
Ang angiopoietin
APC antigen-presenting cell
AS1 hydrocinnamoyl-L-valylpyrrolidine
bFGF basic fibroblast growth factor
BMP bone morphogenic protein
CCBE1 collagen- and calcium-binding EGF domain-containing protein 1
CD11b+ cluster of differentiation 11b+
CD36 cluster of differentiation 36
CXCL chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand
CXCR C-X-C chemokine receptor
DCC deleted in colorectal cancer
DDR1 discoidin domain receptor 1
DsRed Discosoma red fluorescent protein
DED dry eye disease
Dll4 Delta-like 4 Notch ligand
DMF dimethylformamide
ECM extracellular matrix
EDA extra domain A
EGF epidermal growth factor
Eph ephrin receptor
ERK extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FGF fibroblast growth factor
FGFR fibroblast growth factor receptor
Flt1 Fms-related receptor tyrosine kinase 1
FOXC2 Forkhead box protein C2
FZD3 frizzled class receptor 3
GFP green fluorescent protein
HA hyaluronan
HAS hyaluronan synthase
HMWHA high molecular weight hyaluronan
HGF hepatocyte growth factor
HIF hypoxia-inducible factor
HSV herpes simplex virus
IL interleukin
IL1R1 interleukin 1 receptor type 1
KLF Kruppel-like factor
KOR Kappa opioid receptor
LacZ β-galactosidase
LEC lymphatic endothelial cell
LYVE1 lymphatic vessel endothelial hyaluronan receptor 1
mAb monoclonal antibody
MCP-1 monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
miRNA microRNA
MMP matrix metalloproteinase
mRNA messenger RNA
MyD88 myeloid differentiation primary response gene 88
NF-κB nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NK1R neurokinin 1 receptor
Nrp neuropilin
ORAI1 calcium release-activated calcium channel protein 1
PDGF platelet-derived growth factor
Pdk2 pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase isoform 2
Pdl1 programed death ligand-1
PI3K phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PIK3CA phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase, catalytic subunit alpha
PLDL poly(L-lactic-co-D-lactic acid)
PLGA poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid)
Prox1 Prospero-related homeobox-1
Robo Roundabout
RYK related to receptor tyrosine kinase
SC Schlemm’s canal
S1P sphingosine 1-phosphate
S1PR1 sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1
Sema semaphorin
siRNA small interfering RNA
sVEGFR soluble vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
Tie angiopoietin receptor
TIR Toll/IL-1 receptor
TGFBIp transforming growth factor-β-induced protein
TNF-α tumor necrosis factor α
TSP-1 thrombospondin 1
UNC5B Unc5 netrin receptor B
VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGF-A vascular endothelial growth factor A
VEGF-C vascular endothelial growth factor C
VEGF-D vascular endothelial growth factor D
VEGFR vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
VEGFR-2 vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2
VEGFR-3 vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 3
Wnt wingless and integrated