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. 2026 Sep 21;18(18):3101. doi: 10.3390/nu18183101
Abbreviation Definition
AI Artificial Intelligence
APC Article Processing Charge
BMI Body Mass Index
CRC Colorectal Cancer
CRISPR Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
DNMT DNA Methyltransferase
EGCG Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate
EMT Epithelial–Mesenchymal Transition
ER Estrogen Receptor
FA Fatty Acid
FTO Fat Mass and Obesity-Associated Gene
GPCR G Protein-Coupled Receptor
HDAC Histone Deacetylase
HAT Histone Acetyltransferase
IL Interleukin
KEGG Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes
lncRNA Long Non-Coding RNA
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
miRNA MicroRNA
mRNA Messenger RNA
mTOR Mammalian Target of Rapamycin
NAD+ Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide
NGS Next-Generation Sequencing
NF-κB Nuclear Factor Kappa B
Nrf2 Nuclear Factor Erythroid 2–Related Factor 2
NCDs Non-Communicable Diseases
OMICS High-Throughput Molecular Profiling Technologies
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase
PPAR Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor
PR Progesterone Receptor
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
SCFA Short-Chain Fatty Acid
SNP Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
TCA Cycle Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
TET Ten-Eleven Translocation
TGF-β Transforming Growth Factor Beta
TNF-α Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha
VEGF Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
Wnt Wingless/Integrated Signaling Pathway