5-HT	5-hydroxytryptamine receptors
AR	adrenoreceptor
ALT	alanine transaminase
AMPK	adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase
AP-1	activator protein-1
ARK	adrenergic kinase
AST	aspartate transaminase
ATF-2	activating transcription factor 2
Bcl-2	B cell lymphoma-2
cAMP	cyclic adenosine monophosphate
cAMP/PKA	3′,5′-cyclic adenosine monophosphate/protein kinase A
CNS	central nervous system
CpdA	compound A
CREB	cAMP-responsive element-binding protein
DDIT4	DNA-damage-inducible transcript 4
DHT	dihydrotestosterone
EPAC	exchange protein directly activated by cAMP
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ESCC	esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
G6Pase	glucose-6-phosphatase
GCs	glucocorticoids
GEF	guanine nucleotide exchange factor
COX-2	cyclooxygenase -2
GNAS	guanine nucleotide binding protein, alpha stimulating activity polypeptide
GPCR	G protein-coupled receptors
GRK	G protein-coupled receptors kinase
GR	glucocorticoid receptor
GRE	glucocorticoid-responsive elements
GSH	glutathione
HSL	hormone-sensitive lipase
IκBα	nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, alpha
IL	interleukin
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
MAOs	monoamine oxidases
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MMP2/9	matrix metalloproteinases 2/9
MDA	malondialdehyde
MR	mineralocorticoid receptor
NF-κB	nuclear factor kappa B
NMU2R	neuromedin U2 receptor
PEPCK	phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
PKA	protein kinase A
PRKACA	protein kinase cAMP-activated catalytic subunit alpha
RAP	Ras-related protein or Ras proximate protein
RhoA	Ras homolog family member A
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SEGRA	selective glucocorticoid receptor activators
SOD	superoxide dismutase
STAT 6	signal transducer and transcription activator 6
SVF	stromal vascular fraction
TA	transactivation
TAAR1	trace amine-associated receptor 1
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α
TR	transrepression
UCP1	uncoupling protein 1
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor