| MASLD | metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease |
| MAFLD | metabolic dysfunction–associated fatty liver disease |
| NAFLD | nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
| MASH | metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis |
| miR-34a | microRNA-34a |
| RXRα | retinoid X receptor alpha |
| 9-cis-RA | 9-cis-retinoic acid |
| FFA | free fatty acid |
| LXR | liver X receptor |
| PPARα | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha |
| iTRAQ | isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantitation |
| IPA | Ingenuity Pathway Analysis |
| DEG | differentially expressed gene |
| 3′-UTR | 3′ untranslated region |