| 2′-FL | 2′-fucosyllactose |
| AB-PAS | Alcian Blue-Periodic Acid-Schiff |
| BW | body weight |
| CON | control |
| DAB | diaminobenzidine |
| EFAs | essential fatty acids |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| FAs | fatty acids |
| HFD | high-fat diet |
| HM | human milk |
| HMF | human milk fat |
| HMOs | human milk oligosaccharides |
| HRP | horseradish peroxidase |
| IECs | intestinal epithelial cells |
| IFs | infant formulas |
| IHC | immunohistochemical |
| LCFAs | long-chain fatty acids |
| LCT | long-chain triglyceride |
| LDA | linear discriminant analysis |
| LEfSe | linear discriminant analysis effect size |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| MCFAs | medium-chain fatty acids |
| MCT | medium-chain triglyceride |
| MLCT | medium- and long-chain triacylglycerol |
| MLCT + 2′-FL | the combination of MLCT and 2′-FL |
| NMDS | nonmetric multidimensional scaling |
| OTUs | operational taxonomic units |
| SCFAs | short-chain fatty acids |
| SD | standard deviation |
| sIgA | secretory immunoglobulin A |
| TGs | triglycerides |
| TLRs | Toll-like receptors |
| V/C ratio | villus height/crypt depth ratio |
| ZO-1 | zonula occludens-1 |