BMSC: bone marrow stem cell
CPC: circulating progenitor cell
EB: embryoid body
EC: embryonic carcinoma [example: EC-cell]
ECC: embryonic carcinoma cell
ES: embryonic stem [example: ES-cell]
ESC: embryonic stem cell
EG: embryonic germ [example: EG-cell]
EGC: embryonic germ cell
GVHD: graft-versus-host disease
hEGC: human embryonic germ cell
hESC: human embryonic stem cell
HLA: human leukocyte antigens
HCT: hematopoietic cell transplantation
HSC: hematopoietic stem cell
ICM: inner cell mass [of an embryo at the blastocyst stage]
IVF: in vitro fertilization
MAPC: multipotent adult progenitor cell
mEF: mouse embryonic fibroblast [or: murine embryonic fibroblast]
mESC: mouse embryonic stem cell [or: murine embryonic stem cell]
MHC: major histocompatibility complex
MNC: mononucleated cell
MSC: mesenchymal stem cell
PG: primordial germ [example: PG-cell]
PGC: primordial germ cell
RNAi: RNA interference
TNF: tumor necrosis factor
UCB: umbilical cord blood
UCBT: umbilical cord blood transplantation