| ACC | Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase |
| ADP | Adenosine Diphosphate |
| Akt | Protein kinase B |
| AMP | Adenosine Monophosphate |
| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |
| AP-1 | Activator Protein-1 |
| AQP7 | Aquaporin 7 |
| ATP | Adenosine Triphosphate |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CB1 | Cannabinoid 1 |
| CPT-1 | Carnitine Palmitoyl Transferase 1 |
| DAG | Diacylglycerol |
| DNA | Deoxyribonucleic Acid |
| eIF2α | Eukaryotic initiation factor 2-α |
| FAS | Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthase |
| FoxO1 | Forkhead box protein 01 |
| Fructose 1-P | Fructose 1-Phosphate |
| G6Pase | Glucose-6-phosphatase |
| GLUT2 | Glucose Transporter 2 |
| GLUT4 | Glucose Transporter 4 |
| GLUT5 | Glucose Transporter 5 |
| HDL | High-Density Lipoprotein |
| HFCS-42 | High-Fructose Corn Syrup with 42% of Fructose |
| HFCS-55 | High-Fructose Corn Syrup with 55% of Fructose |
| HFCS | High-Fructose Corn Syrup |
| IκBα | I-kappa-B-alpha |
| IR | Insulin Receptor |
| IRS-1 | Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 |
| JNK 1 | C-Jun-N terminal kinase-1 |
| LDL | Low-Density Lipoprotein |
| mTOR | Mechanistic target of rapamycin |
| NAD+/NADH | Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide |
| NAFLD | Non-Alcoholic Fat Liver Disease |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor-kappa B |
| NPY | Neuropeptide-Y |
| PEPCK | Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase |
| PERK | Protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase |
| PGC-1α | Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gama Coactivator 1 Alpha |
| PGC-1β | Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-Gama Coactivator 1 Beta |
| PKC | Protein Kinase C |
| POMC | Proopiomelanocortin |
| PTP-1B | Protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| S6K1 | Ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta-1 |
| SCD-1 | Stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1 |
| SIRT-1 | Sirtuin-1 |
| SREBP1c | Sterol Regulatory Element-Binding Protein 1c |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| TRB3 | Tribbles homolog 3 |
| VLDL | Very Low Density Lipoprotein |
| WAT | White Adipose Tissue |