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. 2024 Jan 31;10(1):10. doi: 10.3390/ncrna10010010
NAFLD Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NASH Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
PNPLA3 Patatin Like Phospholipase Domain Containing 3
MBOAT7 Membrane Bound O-Acyltransferase Domain Containing 7
NcRNAs Non-coding RNAs
MiRNA Micro RNA
LncRNAs Long non-coding RNAs
PIWI P-element-induced wimpy testis
PiRNAs Interacting RNAs
CircRNAs / ciRNAs Circular RNAs
piRISC piRNA-induced silencing complex
HCs Hepatocytes
KCs Kupffer cells
HSCs Hepatic stellate cells
LSECs Liver sinusoidal cells
ROS Reactive Oxygen species
SS Simple steatosis
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
SREBP-1c Sterol regulatory element–binding protein 1c
FFA Free fatty acids
PPARs Peroxisome proliferator–activated receptors
ACC Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
FAS Fatty acid synthase
TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
NF-κB Nuclear factor-κB
TGF-β Transforming growth factor β
RNA-seq RNA-sequencing
EVs Extracellular vesicles
NOS Nitric oxide synthase
TGM2 Targeting transglutaminase 2
SRA Steroid receptor RNA activator
FOXO1 Forkhead box protein O1
Blnc1 Brown fat-enriched lncRNA 1
MALAT1 Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
SCAR Steatohepatitis-associated circRNA ATP5B Regulator
G3P Glycerol-3-phosphate
FASN Fatty acid synthase
AceCS Acetyl-CoA synthetase
LXRs Liver X receptors
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
TNF-R Tumor necrosis factor receptor
MCD Methionine-choline-deficient
Platr4 Pluripotency-associated transcript 4
RIP RNA immunoprecipitation
ECM Extra-cellular matrix
Cav1 Caveolin-1
OSBP Oxysterol binding protein
FA2H Fatty acid 2-hydroxylase