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ACC Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
Akt Protein kinase B
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
ApoE−/− Apolipoprotein E-deficient
ATF6 Activating transcription factor 6
BGT1 Betaine/GABA transporter 1
BHMT Betaine–homocysteine methyltransferase
CD36 Cluster of differentiation 36
ChREBP Carbohydrate-responsive element-binding protein
CPT1 Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
CPR Cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase
db/db Leptin receptor-deficient diabetic mouse model
ECM Extracellular matrix
eIF2α Eukaryotic initiation factor 2 alpha
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
EU European Union
FASN Fatty acid synthase
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
FGF10 Fibroblast growth factor 10
FGF21 Fibroblast growth factor 21
FOXO1 Forkhead box O1
FTO Fat mass and obesity-associated protein
FXR Farnesoid X receptor
GNMT Glycine N-methyltransferase
GSK3β Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
HMGB1 High-mobility group box 1
HSCs Hepatic stellate cells
IKKβ Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B kinase beta
IL-1β Interleukin 1 beta
IL-6 Interleukin 6
IL-18 Interleukin 18
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IRE1α Inositol-requiring enzyme 1 alpha
IRS-1 Insulin receptor substrate 1
JAK/STAT Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
LXRα Liver X receptor alpha
m6A N6-methyladenosine
MASH Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis
MASLD Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
MAT Methionine adenosyltransferase
MCP-1 Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1
MMP-2 Matrix metalloproteinase 2
MMP-9 Matrix metalloproteinase 9
mTORC1 Mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1
MTTP Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein
MyD88 Myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa B
NLRP3 NLR family pyrin domain-containing 3
NO Nitric oxide
NRF-1 Nuclear respiratory factor 1
PDGF-BB Platelet-derived growth factor BB
PEMT Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase
PERK Protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase
PGC-1α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 alpha
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKCε Protein kinase C epsilon
PPARα Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha
PPARγ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SAH S-adenosylhomocysteine
SAM S-adenosylmethionine
SCD1 Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1
SCFAs Short-chain fatty acids
sIgA Secretory immunoglobulin A
SIRT1 Sirtuin 1
SLC6A12 Solute carrier family 6 member 12
SOCS3 Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3
SREBP-1c Sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c
T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus
TFAM Mitochondrial transcription factor A
TGF-β1 Transforming growth factor beta 1
TGR5 Takeda G protein-coupled receptor 5
TIMP-1 Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases 1
TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TonEBP/NFAT5 Tonicity-responsive enhancer-binding protein (nuclear factor of activated T cells 5)
TXNIP Thioredoxin-interacting protein
UPR Unfolded protein response
VLDL Very-low-density lipoprotein
α-SMA Alpha-smooth muscle actin