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. 2019 Mar 27;20(7):1526. doi: 10.3390/ijms20071526
STAT Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription
CCAAT CCAAT box is a distinct pattern of nucleotides with GGCCAATCT consensus sequence
SRE Serum Response Element
PPRE Peroxisome Proliferator Response Element
AP-1 Activator Protein 1
LRH-RE Liver Receptor Homolog 1 Response Element
LMW Low Molecular Weight
MMW Medium Molecular Weight
HMW High Molecular Weight
PCOS Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
CSF CerebroSpinal Fluid
HPG Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Gonadal axis
AMH Anti-Mullerian Hormone
MMP Matrix MetalloProteinases
TIMP Tissue Inhibitors of MetalloProteinases
PE PreEclempsia
IGFBP-1 Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1
hCG human Chorionic Gonadotropin
FF Follicular Fluid
TNF Tumour Necrosis Factor
IFN InterFeroN
PKA Protein Kinase A
SF Seminal Fluid
IVM In Vitro Maturation
IGF-1 Insulin like Growth Factor 1
IR Insulin Resistance
IS Insulin Sensitivity
FFA Free Fatty Acid
BMI Body Mass Index
StAR Steroid Acute Regulatory protein
T2DM Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
DHEA DeHydroEpiAndrosterone
PTEN Phosphatase and TENsin homolog
LKB1 Liver Kinase B1
NFkB Transcription factor Nuclear Factor-kappa B
IL8/1 InterLeukin 8/1
ERK1/2 Extracellular signal-Regulated Kinases 1 & 2
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
PPAR Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor
AMPK AMP-activated Protein Kinase
APPL1/2 Adaptor Protein, Phosphotyrosine interacting with PH domain and Leucine zipper 1/2
BMAL1 Brain and Muscle Arnt-Like protein-1
CLOCK Circadian Locomoter Output Cycles protein Kaput
Siglec10 Sialic acid binding ig like lectin 10
SNAT Sodium-coupled Neutral Amino acid Transporters
mTORC1 Mammalian Target Of Rapamycin Complex 1 or mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1
GLUT GLUcose Transporter
MCT2/4 MonoCarboxylate Transporter (lactate transporter)