| BAT | Brown adipose tissue |
| WAT | White adipose tissue |
| eWAT | Epididymal white adipose tissue |
| PET-CT | Positron emission tomography-computed tomography |
| MSC | Mesenchymal stem cell |
| PTM | Post-translational modification |
| PCA | Principal component analysis |
| hMADS | Human multipotent adipose-derived stem |
| ChIP-seq | Chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing |
| FAIRE-seq | Formaldehyde-assisted isolation of regulatory elements-sequencing |
| ATAC-seq | Assays for transposase-accessible chromatin-sequencing |
| 4C-seq | Circular chromosome conformation capture-sequencing |
| RRBS | Reduced representation bisulfite sequencing |
| FACS | Fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| SNP | Single-nucleotide polymorphism |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association study |
| TF | Transcription factor |
| UCP1 | Uncoupling protein 1 |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor Gamma |
| EBF2 | Early B cell factor-2 |
| HOXC10 | Homeobox C10 |
| CBP | CREB-Binding protein |
| MLL4 | Mixed-lineage leukemia 4 |
| PRDM16 | PR domain containing 16 |
| CPT1b | Carnitine palmitoyltransferase IB |
| NFIA | Nuclear factor I/A |
| IL-10 | Interleukin 10 |
| KLF11 | Kruppel-like factor 11 |
| LSD1 | Lysine-specific demethylase 1 |
| IRX3 | Iroquois homeobox 3 |
| JMJD3 | Jumonji domain containing protein 3 |
| SWI/SNF | SWItch/sucrose non-fermentable |
| BRD4 | Bromodomain-containing protein 4 |
| PKA | Protein kinase A |
| GR | Glucocorticoid receptor |
| SIX1 | SIX Homeobox 1 |
| RREB1 | Ras-responsive element-binding protein 1 |
| PIM1 | Pim-1 Proto-Oncogene, Serine/Threonine Kinase |
| DLC1 | Deleted in liver cancer 1 |
| FTO | Fat mass and obesity-associated |
| FGF21 | Fibroblast growth factor 21 |
| CoREST | Co-repressor to RE1 silencing transcription factor |
| NRF1 | Nuclear respiratory factor 1 |