| LDLT | Living donor liver transplantation |
| I/R | Ischemia reperfusion |
| LT | Liver transplantation |
| SFS | Liver resection and small-for-size |
| SFSLT | Liver resection and small-for-size liver transplantation |
| LCN | Lipocalin |
| PH | Partial hepatectomy |
| KO | Knockout |
| NAFLD | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NASH | Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis |
| EGF | Epidermal growth factor |
| Ang | Angiotensin |
| MM9-protein | Matrix metallopeptidase 9 |
| min | Minutes |
| HGF | Hepatocyte growth factor |
| Akt | Protein kinase B |
| ErK | Extracellular signal–regulated kinase |
| mRNA | Messenger ribonucleic acid |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| MSCs | Mesenquimal stem cells |
| TGF-β | Tumor growth factor-β |
| PDGF | Platelet-derived growth factor |
| HB-EGF | Heparin binding epidermal growth factor |
| FGF | Fibroblast growth factor |
| BMP-9 | Bone morphogenetic protein 9 |
| NO | Nitric oxide |
| IL-6 | Interleukin 6 |
| MCL-1 | Myeloid cell leukemia1 |
| Bcl-2 | B-cell lymphoma 2 |
| JAK | JAK kinase |
| CREB | cAMP response-element-binding |
| PAI-1 | Phosphoribosylanthranilateisomerase 1 |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| Gclm | Glutamate-cysteine ligase |
| mRNA | Messenger ribonucleic acid |
| DKL-1 | Delta like-1 homologue |
| IGF | Insulin growth factor |
| NGF | Nerve growth factor |
| HIF-2 α | Hypoxia-inducible factor alpha |
| NAD | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide |