| 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) |