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. 2025 Oct 18;26(20):10145. doi: 10.3390/ijms262010145
AChR Acetylcholine receptor
AP-1 Activator protein 1 (FOS/JUN heterodimer transcription factor)
ASC Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD
ATF4 Activating transcription factor 4
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
Bmal1 Brain and muscle ARNT-like 1
CAT Catalase
Ccl2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 2
CETN2 Centrin-2
CLOCK Circadian locomotor output cycles kaput
CoQ Coenzyme Q
CPT1B Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1B
CS Citrate synthase
CuZnSOD Copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (cytosolic)
CYP26B1 Cytochrome P450 family 26 subfamily B member 1
DHPR Dihydropyridine receptor (calcium channel)
DRP1 Dynamin-related protein 1
EDL Extensor digitorum longus
EMRE Essential MCU regulator
ENO3 Enolase 3
ERK1 Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1
EZH2 Enhancer of zeste homolog 2
FABP3 Fatty-acid-binding protein 3
FDB Flexor digitorum brevis
FIS1 Mitochondrial fission 1 protein
FoxO Forkhead box O
GLUT4 Glucose transporter type 4
GPx Glutathione peroxidase
GPCPD1 Glycerophosphocholine phosphodiesterase 1
GR Glutathione reductase
GSH Glutathione reduced
GSK3 Glycogen synthase kinase 3
GS Glycogen synthase
GSSG Glutathione oxidized
HDAC Histone deacetylase
H2A.Z Histone variant H2A.Z
H3.1 Histone H3.1
H3.2 Histone H3.2
H3.3 Histone H3.3
HFD High-fat diet
HK Hexokinase
HNE 4-hydroxynonenal
ICAM Intercellular adhesion molecule
IDH Isocitrate dehydrogenase
IFNγ Interferon gamma
IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor 1
IKK IκB kinase
IL6 Interleukin 6
IKB Inhibitor of NF-κB
INPPL1 Inositol polyphosphate phosphatase like 1 (SHIP2)
IRS Insulin receptor substrate
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KGDH Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase
Ku80 XRCC5 DNA repair protein (Ku heterodimer subunit)
LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
LMNA Pre-lamin-A/C
Lrp4 Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein 4
MAF Musculoaponeurotic Fibrosarcomatranscription factor family
MANF Mesencephalic astrocyte-derived neurotrophic factor
MAST2 Microtubule associated serine/threonine kinase 2
MCAM Cell adhesion molecule (mentioned in context of muscle aging)
MCU Mitochondrial calcium uniporter
MCUb Mitochondrial calcium uniporter dominant-negative subunit b
MEF2 Myocyte enhancer factor 2
MERC Mitochondria–sarcoplasmic reticulum contact coverage
Mfn Mitofusin
MHC Myosin heavy chain
MICOS Mitochondrial contact site and cristae organizing system complex
Mll2 KMT2B—Lysine methyltransferase 2B
MND Myonuclear domain
MnSOD Manganese superoxide dismutase (mitochondrial)
mo Months-old
MRE11 MRE11 homolog, double-strand break repair nuclease
MTF2 Metal response element-binding transcription factor 2
MuSK Muscle-specific kinase
NAD+ Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (oxidized form)
NADH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (reduced form)
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa B
NMJ Neuromuscular junction
NRF2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
Opa1 Mitochondrial Dynamin Like GTPase; also known as ‘Optic atrophy 1’
PARP-1 Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1
PCDHG Protocadherin gamma cluster
PDH Pyruvate dehydrogenase
PDK1 Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1
PDK2 Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 2
PFKM Muscular phosphofructokinase
PGAM2 Phosphoglycerate mutase 2
PGK1 Phosphoglycerate kinase 1
PGM1/2 Phosphoglucomutase 1 and 2
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PIP3 Phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate
PK Pyruvate kinase
PKM1 Pyruvate kinase muscle isozyme 1
Pofut1 Protein O-fucosyltransferase 1
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RyR Ryanodine receptor
SDH Succinate dehydrogenase
SIRT Sirtuin
SOD Superoxide dismutase
SR Sarcoplasmic reticulum
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor alpha
VLCAD Very-long-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase
WRN Werner syndrome helicase