| PPAR | Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor |
| NR | Nuclear receptor |
| TF | Transcription factor |
| AF-1 | Activation-function 1 |
| DBD | DNA-binding domain |
| LBD | Ligand-binding domain |
| RXRα | Retinoic acid receptor α |
| PPRE | PPAR response element |
| NCoR | Nuclear receptor corepressor |
| SMART | Silencing mediator of retinoid and thyroid hormone receptor |
| CBP | CREB-binding protein |
| SRC1 | Steroid receptor coactivator 1 |
| T2D | Type 2 diabetes |
| NAFLD | Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NASH | Nonalcoholic steatosis |
| TZD | Thiazolidinedione |
| BAT | Brown adipose tissue |
| FAO | Fatty acid oxidation |
| WAT | White adipose tissue |
| PTM | Post-translational modification |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| CDK | Cyclin-dependent kinase |
| PGC1α | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha |
| XPD | Xeroderma pigmentosum group D |
| TFIIH | Transcription factor II H |
| GSKβ | Glycogen synthase kinase β |
| SUMO | Small ubiquitin-like modifier |
| GABP | GA-binding protein |
| MuRF1 | Muscle-specific RING finger protein 1 |
| EGF | Epidermal growth factor |
| PDGF | Platelet-derived growth factor |
| TGFβ | Transforming growth factor β |
| TPA | 12-O-tetradecanoyl-13-phorbol acetate |
| PGF2α | Prostaglandin F2α |
| ERK | Extracellular signal–regulated kinase |
| MEK2 | Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 2 |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal kinase |
| DOK1 | Docking protein 1 |
| HFD | High fat diet |
| PP5 | Protein phosphatase 5 |
| PPM1B | Protein phosphatase Mg2+/Mn2+ dependent 1B |
| WIP1 | Wild-type p53-induced phosphatase 1 |
| PER2 | Period circadian regulator 2 |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association study |
| THRAP3 | Thyroid hormone receptor associated protein 3 |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry |
| c-SRC | SRC proto-oncogene, non-receptor tyrosine kinase |
| PTP-1B | Protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B |
| UBC9 | Ubiquitin conjugating enzyme 9 |
| PIAS | Protein inhibitor of activated STAT |
| SENP2 | SUMO-specific protease 2 |
| FGF21 | Fibroblast growth factor 21 |
| GDF11 | Growth differentiation factor 11 |
| SIRT1 | NAD-dependent deacetylase sirtuin-1 |
| PRDM16 | PR domain containing 16 |
| SIAH2 | Seven in absentia homolog 2 |
| MKRN1 | Makorin RING finger protein 1 |
| TRIM23 | Tripartite motif containing 23 |
| NEDD4 | Neural precursor cell expressed, developmentally down-regulated 4 |
| O-GlcNAc | β-O-linked N-acetylglucosamine |
| ChIP-seq | Chromatin immunoprecipitation-sequencing |
| SNP | Single-nucleotide polymorphism |