| INSU | insulin upstream open reading frame |
| SKM | skeletal muscle |
| MuSCs | skeletal muscle satellite cells |
| Uorf | upstream open reading frame |
| pORF | primary open reading frame |
| TSS | transcription start site |
| SRM | MS based selected reaction monitoring assay |
| IF | immunofluorescence |
| VNTRs | variable number tandem repeats |
| Yrs | years |
| S-IBM | sporadic inclusion-body |
| MYA | million years ago |