MCR	Melanocortin receptor
MSH	Melanocyte stimulating hormone
ACTH	Adrenocorticotropic hormone
POMC	Pro-opiomelanocortin
PC	Prohormone convertase
AGRP	Agouti-related protein
ASIP	Agouti-signaling protein
NF-kB	Nuclear factor kappa B
MHC	Major histocompatibility complex
CLIP	Corticotropin-like intermediate lobe peptide
LPH	Lipotropin
END	Endorphin
MRAP	Melanocortin receptor accessory protein
GPCR	G protein-coupled receptor
PKA	Protein kinase A
PKC	Protein kinase C
CAMP	Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
MAPK	Mitogen activated protein kinase
PI3	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PLC	Phospholipase C
IP3	Inositol trisphosphate
CREB	Cyclic AMP response element binding protein
JAK/STAT	Janus kinase (JAK), signal transducer and activator of transcription protein (STAT)
PDZ domain	Postsynaptic density protein (PSD95), Drosophila disc large tumor suppressor (DlgA), and zonula occludens-1 protein (zo-1) domain
CCP	Clathrin-coated-pit
A2Ar	Adenosine 2 A receptor
ICAM	Intercellular adhesion molecule
SIRS	Systemic inflammatory response syndrome
USFDA	U.S. Food and Drug Administration
RCI	Repository corticotropin injection
NASH	Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis