| Acars | acylcarnitines; |
| CCS | collisional cross section; |
| CE | collision energy; |
| Cers | ceramides; |
| CMP-Neu5Ac | Cytidine-5-monophospho-N-acetylneuraminic acid; |
| FA | fatty acid; |
| GlcCer | Glucosylceramide; |
| GNEM | GNE myopathy; |
| GSLs | glycosphingolipids; |
| HIBM | hereditary inclusion body myopathy; |
| LPCs | lysophosphocholines; |
| LPCATs | lysophosphatidylcholine acyltransferases; |
| LPE | lysophosphatidylethanolamine; |
| LPG | lysophosphatidylglycerol; |
| LPLAT | lysophospholipid acyltransferase; |
| ManNac-kinase | N-acetylmannosamine kinase; |
| MCP1 | monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; |
| MCVs | missing cryptic variants; |
| MDH | malate dehydrogenase; |
| MSTFA | N-methyl-N-(trimethylsilyl) trifluoroacetamide; |
| MVA | multivariate statistical analysis; |
| NeuAc | N-acetylneuraminic acid; |
| NIA | negative ionization analysis; |
| OPLS-DA | orthogonal partial least squares analysis; |
| PA | phosphatidic acid; |
| PCs | phosphocholines; |
| PCA | principal component analysis; |
| PE | phosphatidylethanolamine; |
| PG | phosphatidylglycerol; |
| PKB | protein kinase B; |
| PIA | positive ionization analysis; |
| PLA2 | phospholipase A2; |
| PLS-DA | partial least squares analysis; |
| QC | quality control; |
| SMs | sphingomyelins; |
| SMases | sphingomyelinases; |
| TCA | Krebs cycle; |
| TGs | triacylglycerols; |
| VUSs | variants of unknown significance; |
| UDP-GlcNAc | UDP-N-acetylglucosamine. |