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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 14.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Physiol. 2013 Jan;3(1):515–539. doi: 10.1002/cphy.c120013

Table 1.

List of Abbreviations

[Ca2+]c Cytosolic calcium
[Ca2+]i Intracellular calcium
[Ca2+]m Mitochondrial calcium
[Ca2+]n Nucleoplasmic calcium
5-FU 5-fluorouracil
Ach Acetylcholine
ADP Adenosine diphosphate
AP-1 Activator protein 1
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
ATF6α Activating transcription factor 6α
AVP Arginine vasopressin
BDL Bile duct ligation
BSEP Bile salt export pump
cADPR Cyclic adenosine diphosphate ribose
CaMK Calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase
cAMP Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CD38 Adenosine diphosphate-ribosyl cyclase
CFTR Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
CGamF Cholylglycylamido-fluorescein
CICR Calcium-induced calcium release
c-Met Hepatocyte growth factor receptor
CMFDA 5-chloromethylfluorescein diacetate
cPKCα Ca2+-dependent conventional protein kinase C alpha
CRAC Calcium release activated channel
CREB Cyclic adenosine monophosphate response element binding
CsA Cyclosporin A
Cx26 Connexin 26
Cx32 Connexin 32
DAG Diacylglycerol
DMSO Dimethylsulfoxide
EGF Epidermal growth factor
Elk1 E twenty-six-like transcription factor 1
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FLZ N-(2-(4-hydroxy-phenyl)-ethyl]-2-(2,5-dimethoxy-phenyl)-3-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenyl)-acrylamide
FXR Farnesoid X receptor
GDP Guanosine diphosphate
GFP Green fluorescent protein
GPCR G-protein-coupled receptor
HBV Hepatitis B virus
HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HCV Hepatitis C Virus
HGF Hepatocyte growth factor
HSC Hepatic stellate cells
IFNα Interferon-alpha
IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor 1
IMM Inner mitochondrial membrane
INM Inner nuclear membrane
InsP3 Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate
InsP3R Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor
IRE1α Inositol requiring enzyme 1α
JNK c-jun-N-terminal kinase
LCA Lithocholic acid
LGMN Legumain
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
mCICR Mitochondrial calcium induced calcium release
MCU Mitochondrial calcium uniporter
MRP2 Multidrug resistance associated protein 2
NAADP Nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NAD(P)H Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NAFLD Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NE Nuclear envelope
NFAT Nuclear factor of activated T-cells
NFKB Nuclear factor kappa B
NPC Nuclear pore complex
NR Nucleoplasmic reticulum
OAP Oct-1 associated protein
OMM Outer mitochondrial membrane
ONM Outer nuclear membrane
PDGF Platelet-derived growth factor
PERK Protein kinase ribonucleic acid-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase
PH Partial hepatectomy
PIP2 Phosphotidylinositol-4-5-bisphosphate
PKA Cyclic adenosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase
PKC Protein kinase C
PKG Cyclic guanosine monophosphate-dependent protein kinase
PLC Phospholipase C
PT Permeability transition
PTB Phosphotyrosine binding
PTP Permeability transition pore
PV Parvalbumin
RaM Rapid uptake mode
RASAL Ras guanosine triphosphatase activating protein
RaSH Rapid Subtraction Hybridization
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RTK Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
RyR Ryanodine receptor
SERCA Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium adenosine triphosphatase
SH Src homology domain
SOC Store-operated calcium channel
STIM1 Stromal interaction factor 1
TBH Tertbutylhydroperoxide
tBHP Tert-butyl hydroperoxide
TUDCA Tauroursodeoxycholic acid
TLCA Taurolithocholic acid
TPC Two-pore channel
TRPV Transient receptor potential vanilloid
UDCA Ursodeoxycholic acid
UPR Unfolded protein response
VDAC Voltage-dependent anion channel