aSMase	Acid sphingomyelinase
C1P	Ceramide-1-phosphate
CerS	Ceramide synthase
CERT	Ceramide transporter
DAG	Diacylglycerols
DES	Dihydroceramide Δ4-desaturase
FA	Fatty acids
FABP	Fatty acid binging protein
FAT	Fatty acid translocase
FATP	Fatty acid transport protein
G6P	Glucose-6-phosphate
GlcCer	Glucosylceramides
GLUT4	Glucose transporter 4
GM3	Monosialodihexosylganglioside
GM3S	GM3 synthase
GS	Glycogen synthase
SK3	Glycogen synthase kinase 3
IR	Insulin receptor
IRS	Insulin receptor substrate
JNK	c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase
KDHR	3-Ketodihydrosphingosine reductase
nSMase	Neutral sphingomyelinase
PC	Phosphatidylcholine
PE	Phosphatidylethanolamine
PFK	Phospho-fructo-kinase
PH	Pleckstrin homology
PI3K	Phosphoinositide-3-kinase
PKR	Double stranded ARN-activated protein kinase
PM	Plasma membrane
PP2A	Protein phosphatase 2A
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
S1P	Sphingosine-1-phosphate
SL	Sphingolipids
SM	Sphingomyelin
MS	Sphingomyelin synthase
SphK	Sphingosine kinase
SPT	Serine palmitoyl transferase
T1D	Type 1 diabetes
T2D	Type 2 diabetes
TG	Triglyceride
TNFα	Tumor Necrosis Factor α