| A | Ammonia (treatment group in vitro) |
| AA | Adiponectin + ammonia (treatment group in vitro) |
| ADIPOQ | Adiponectin gene |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier |
| BDL | Bile duct ligation |
| BSA | Bovine serum albumin |
| Ccl | C-C motif chemokine ligand |
| Ccr | C-C motif chemokine receptor |
| cDNA | Complementary DNA |
| CNS | Central nervous system |
| Cox7a1 | Cytochrome c oxidase subunit 7A1 |
| Csrnp1 | Cysteine-serine-rich nuclear protein 1 (also known as AXUD1) |
| Ctr | Control group |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamidino-2-phenylindole |
| DCFH-DA/DCF-DA | 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate |
| DEGs | Differentially expressed genes |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| FoxO | Forkhead box O |
| FPKM | Fragments per kilobase of transcript per million mapped reads |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| GPCR | G protein–coupled receptor |
| GSEA | Gene set enrichment analysis |
| Gstm1 | Glutathione S-transferase mu 1 |
| HE | Hepatic encephalopathy |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| IL-10 | Interleukin-10 |
| i.p. | Intraperitoneal |
| JC-1 | 5,5′,6,6′-tetrachloro-1,1′,3,3′-tetraethylbenzimidazolocarbocyanine iodide |
| MCP-1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 |
| miR/Mir | microRNA (e.g., miR-106b, Mir7063, etc.) |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| NH4Cl | Ammonium chloride |
| NLRP3 | NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 (inflammasome) |
| Nrf2 (Nfe2l2) | Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor kappa B |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| PCR | Polymerase chain reaction |
| PPI | Protein–protein interaction |
| PSD95/PSD-95 | Postsynaptic density protein 95 |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SDF-1 | Stromal cell-derived factor-1 |
| SEM | Standard error of the mean |
| Siah2 | Siah E3 ubiquitin protein ligase 2 |
| Sod1 | Superoxide dismutase 1 |
| TBS-T | Tris-buffered saline with Tween 20 |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| Txndc15 | Thioredoxin domain containing 15 |
| ΔΨm | Mitochondrial membrane potential |