| ALD | Alcoholic Liver Disease |
| ALT | Alanine Aminostransferase |
| ASH | Alcoholic Steatohepatitis |
| AST | Aspartate Aminostransferase |
| AUD | Alcohol Use Disorder |
| BBB | Blood-Brain Barrier |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| CLEC7A | C-type lectin-like receptor |
| Cyp7A1 | Cholesterol 7-α hydroxylase 1 |
| DCA | Deoxycholic Acid |
| EcN | Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 |
| ENS | Enteric Nervous System |
| Et-OH | Ethanol |
| FGF19 | Fibroblast Growth Factor 19 |
| FMT | Fecal Microbiota Transplantation |
| FOS | Fructo-o-oligosaccharides |
| FXR | Farnesoid X Receptor |
| GABA | Gamma-aminobutyric acid GABA |
| GALT | Gut-associated lymphoid tissue |
| GIT | Gastrointestinal Tract |
| GOS | Galacto-oligosaccharides |
| HCC | Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
| HFD | High Fat Diet |
| HSCs | Hepatic Stellate Cells |
| IBD | Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| IBS | Irritable Bowel Syndrome |
| IgA | Immunoglobulin A |
| IL1β | Interleukin-1 Beta |
| IL10 | Interleukin 10 |
| IL22 | Interleukin 22 |
| IL6/STAT3 | Interleukin-6/ Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 3 |
| ILC3 | Innate Lymphoid Cells Type 3 |
| LCFA | Long-Chain Fatty Acids |
| LGG | Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharides |
| MetS | Metabolic Syndrome |
| miRNAs | microRNAs |
| Mψ | Hepatic Macrophages |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa-Light-Chain-Enhancer of Activated B Cells |
| PMBCs | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| PMC | Pseudomembranous Colitis |
| PQQ | Pyrroloquinoline Quinone |
| Reg3b | Regenerating islet-derived protein 3 b |
| Reg3g | Regenerating islet-derived protein 3 g |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SCFA | Short Chain Fatty Acid |
| T2DM | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| TLR4 | Toll-like receptor 4 |
| TNFα | Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha |
| UC | Ulcerative colitis |
| UDCA | Ursodexycholic acid |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| ZO-1 | Zonula Occludens-1 |