| BAT | Brown adipose tissue |
| cAMP | Cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| CIDEA | Cell death activator CIDE-A |
| DBC1 | Deleted in breast cancer 1 |
| dbcAMP | Dibutyryl cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| DIO2 | Type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase |
| IL1β | Interleukin 1 β |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor κ B |
| PGC1α | PPARγ co-activator 1 α |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ |
| PRDM16 | PR domain containing 16 |
| SIRT1 | Sirtuin-1 |
| TLR4 | Toll-like receptor 4 |
| TNFα | Tumor necrosis factor α |
| UCP1 | Uncoupling protein 1 |
| WAT | White adipose tissue |