18F-FTHA	18F-fluoro-6-thia-heptadecanoic acid
AD-Evs	Adipose-derived extracellular vesicles
AGPAT2	1-acylglycerol-3-phosphate-O-acyltransferase 2
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
AOD	Anti-obesity drug
BAT	Brown adipose tissue
BMAT	Bone marrow adipose tissue
BMI	Body mass index
BMP	Bone morphogenetic proteins
C/EBP	CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein
cAMP	Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CD	Cluster of differentiation
CIDEA	Cell death inducing DFFA like effector a
CIT	Cold-induced thermogenesis Cbp/p300-interacting trans-activator with Glu/Asp-rich carboxy-terminal
Cited 1	domain 1
cMAT	constitutive marrow adipose tissue
CRISPR	Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
CT	Computed tomography
DAG	Diacylglycerol
DDS	Drug delivery systems
DGAT	Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase
DIO	Diet-induced obesity
Dio2	Type II iodothyronine deiodinase
DIT	Diet-induced thermogenesis
DNL	De novo lipogenesis
dWAT	Dermal white adipose tissue
FDG	Fluorodeoxyglucose
FFA	Free fatty acid
FGF21	Fibroblast growth factor 21
FNDC5	Fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5
FO	Fish oil
GIP	Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide
GLP-1	Glucagon-like peptide-1
GPAT3	Glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase 3
HSL	Hormone-sensitive lipase
IGF	Insulin-like growth factor
KO	Knockout
LCFA	Long chain fatty acid
MAT	Marrow adipose tissue
NAD	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NST	Non-shivering thermogenesis
PAHSA	Palmitic acid hydroxy stearic acids
PAP	PA phosphohydrolase
PET	Positron emission tomography
Pgc1α	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1-alpha
PKA	Protein kinase A
PRDM16	PR Domain Containing 16
RA	Receptor Agonist
rAAV	Recombinant adeno-associated virus
rMAT	regulated marrow adipose tissue
SIRT	Sirtuin
SMAD	Suppressor of mothers against decapentaplegic homolog
SNS	Sympathetic nervous system
T1DM	Type 1 diabetes mellitus
T2DM	Type 2 diabetes mellitus
TAG	Triacylglyerol
TBX1	T-box 1
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
TMEM26	Transmembrane protein 26
UCP1	Uncoupling protein 1
WAT	White adipose tissue
YAT	Yellow adipose tissue
β3-AR	β3-adrenoceptor