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. 2025 Feb 1;17(3):484. doi: 10.3390/cancers17030484
CAP Controlled attenuation parameter
ESD End-stage liver disease
CLD Chronic liver disease
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
WHO World Health Organization
JAK Janus kinase
EMT Epithelial mesenchymal transition
COX-2 Cyclooxygenase-2
PGE2 Prostaglandin E synthase 2
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
AKT Protein kinase B
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
LDL Low-density lipoprotein
PPAR γ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
ACAT Acyl-CoA: cholesterol acyltransferase
DNL De novo lipogenesis
NAFLD Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
ChREBP Carbohydrate response element binding protein
SREBP1c Sterol regulatory element binding protein
FFA Free fatty acid
PLGA Polylactic-co-glycolic acid
CAPs Controlled attenuation parameters
SLD Steatotic liver disease
ASGPR Asialoglycoprotein receptor
MRT Mean residence time
MASH Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa B
PBMC Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
PLGA Polylactide co-glycolide
α-SMA α-smooth muscle actin
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription-3
TME Tumor microenvironment
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
CAF Cancer-associated fibroblasts
TACE Transarterial chemoembolization therapy
CurDD Curcumin diethyl disuccinate
CXCR4 C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4
MACs Monocarbonyl analogs of curcumin
PLGA Polylactic-co-glycolic acid
Gal-Mor-LPs Galactose–morpholine modified liposomes
IONs@Cur Curcumin-capped iron oxide nanoparticles
CCl4 Carbon tetrachloride
CeO2@SiO2 Cerium oxide-silica nanoparticles
CSLNs Curcumin-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles
PAMAM-Gal Polyamidoamine dendrimers anchored to galactosamine
DEN Diethylnitrosamine
PAC Pullulan acetate nanoparticles
C-SLNs Curcumin-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles
aHSC Activated hepatic stellate cells
IHC Immunohistochemistry
ASGPR Asialoglycoprotein receptor
MASLD Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
MASH Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
ALD Alcoholic liver disease