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. 2023 Oct 8;59(10):1789. doi: 10.3390/medicina59101789
AACE American Association of Clinical Endocrinology
AASLD American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
ACC Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase
ALEH Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver
ALP Alkaline Phosphate
ALT Alanine Aminotransferase
AMPK Adenosine 5’-Monophosphate
(AMP) Activated Protein Kinase
AST Aspartate Aminotransferase
BLBLIs β-Lactam/β-Lactamase Inhibitor Combinations
BMI Body-Mass Index
CAP Controlled Attenuation Parameter
CK-18 Cytokeratin-18
CKD Chronic Kidney Disease
CRF Cardiorespiratory Fitness
CT Computed Tomography
DGATs Diacylglycerol Acyltransferases
DMT2 Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
DPP4i Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 inhibitor
EASD European Association for the Study of Diabetes
EASL European Association for the Study of the Liver
EASO European Association for the Study of Obesity
FASN Fatty-Acid Synthase
FGF-21 Fibroblast Growth Factor 21
FIB-4 Fibrosis-4 Index
FLI Fatty Liver Index
FNI Fibrotic Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis Index
FXR Farnesoid X Receptor
GCG Glucagon
GCGR Glucagon Receptor
GGT Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase
GH Growth Hormone
GIP Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Peptide
GLP-1 Glucagon-like Peptide-1
GLP-1RA GLP-1 Receptor Agonists
HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HDL High-Density Lipoprotein
HF Heart Failure
HIS Intrahepatic Steatosis
HOMA-IR Homeostasis Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance
IGF-1 Insulin-like Growth Factor-1
IHL Intrahepatic Lipid
IL Interleukin
KHKis Ketohexokinase inhibitors
LAI Liver Attenuation Index
LFC Liver Fat Content
LFTs Liver Function Tests
LPS Lipopolysaccharides
LSM Liver Stiffness Measurement
MAFLD Metabolic-Associated Fatty Liver Disease
MASH Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatohepatitis
MASLD Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease
Met-ALD Metabolic Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MRI-PDFF MRI-Proton Density Fat Fraction
mTOR mammalian Target of Rapamycin
NAFIC score NASH, Ferritin, Insulin, and type IV Collagen 7S score
NAFLD Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
NAS NAFLD Activity Score
NASH Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
NFS NAFLD Fibrosis Score
PCSK9i inhibitor of Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin 9
PI13-AKT Phosphatidylinositol 3 Kinase-protein Kinase B
PPAR 9 (α) alpha Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors alpha
PPARγ Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors gamma
Pro-C3 N-terminal type III collagen propeptide
PUFA Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid
RCT Randomized Controlled Trial
SGLT-2 Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2
SGLT-2is Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 inhibitors
SHBG Sex-Hormone Binding Protein
SLD Steatotic Liver Disease
SPPARM Selective Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Modulators
SUCRA Surface Under the Cumulative Ranking Curve
SWV Shear-Wave Velocity
TG Triglyceride
TGF Transforming Growth Factor
TLC Therapeutic Lifestyle Change
TNF-alfa (α) Tumor Necrosing Factor alpha
TRb Thyroid Receptor beta
UDCA Ursodeoxycholic Acid