ACE	Angiotensin-converting enzyme
ARB	Angiotensin receptor blocker
BCF	B cell failure
CAD	Coronary artery disease
EndMT	Endothelial to mesenchymal transition
FDR	False discovery rate
HI	Hyperinsulinemia
LSD	Late-stage diabetes
miRNA	Micro-RNA
MTPN	Myotrophin
NASH	Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
PCA	Principal component analysis
PD	Pre-diabetes
PDK-1	Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1
SOCS3	Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3
T2D	Type 2 diabetes
ZDF	Zucker diabetic fatty rats
Ct	Cycle threshhold
DPP-4i	Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors
HFD-mice	High fat diet-fed mice
SGLT2i	Sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors
GLP-1a	Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues
NOD mice	Non-obese diabetic mice
PMID	PubMed Identifier