ATCC: American Type Culture Collection
CNS: central nervous system
DG: dentate gyrus
ECACC: European Collection of Cell Cultures
GEO: Gene Expression Omnibus
MDCK: Madin-Darby Canine Kidney
SFBR: Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
AAA: American Association of Anatomists
AAOB: American Association of Oral Biologists
AAVCB: Australian Association of Veterinary Conservation Biologists
ABA: Australian Biotechnology Association
ABAB: Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
ABLE: Association for Biology Laboratory Education
ada: adenosine deaminase
AIFRB: American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists
AMS: Australian Mammal Society
BLA: biologics license application
c: cytidine
CMA: chaperone-mediated autophagy
CPSF: cleavage and polyadenylation specificity factor
CSF: cerebrospinal fluid
CURE: Connecticut United for Research Excellence
DNA: deoxyribonucleic acid
DP: dermal papilla
EDHF: endothelium-derived hyperpolarizing factor
ENaC: epithelial Na+ channel
FBR: Foundation for Biomedical Research
FinLAS: Finnish Laboratory Animal Scientists
GSN: gelsolin
HDAC: histone deacetylase
HF: hair follicle
HUVEC: human umbilical vascular endothelial cell
IBC: International Bioethics Committee
ica: internal carotid artery
ICM: inner cell mass
ICPO: Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology
IOB: Institute of Biology
ISD: International Society of Differentiation
LTP: Long-term potentiation
LUV: large unilamellar vesicle