| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| p-Akt | Phosphorylated-Akt |
| α-SMA | Alpha Smooth Muscle Actin |
| ATCC | American Type Culture Collection |
| BAs | Bile Acids |
| CCK-8 | Cell Counting Kit-8 |
| CD | Crohn’s Disease |
| CFU | Colony-Forming Unit |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s medium |
| ECM | Extracellular-Matrix |
| EMT | Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase |
| IBDs | Inflammatory Bowel Diseases |
| IECs | Intestinal Epithelial Cells |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| OD | Optical Density |
| PPAR-γ | Proliferator-Activated Receptor-gamma |
| p-Smad2/3 | Phosphorylated-Small Mothers Against Decapentaplegic (SMAD) 2/3 |
| RT-qPCR | Reverse Transcription-quantitative PCR |
| SCFAs | Short-Chain Fatty Acids |
| TGF-β1 | Transforming Growth Factor β 1 |
| UC | Ulcerative Colitis |