| α-SMA | α-smooth muscle actin |
| ADH | Alcohol Dehydrogenase |
| ANGPTL4 | Angiopoietin-like 4 |
| ALD | Alcoholic Liver Disease |
| ALT | Alanine Aminotransferase |
| AST | Aspartate Aminotransferase |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CCL | Chemokine C-C motif Ligand |
| CCL4 | Carbontetrachloride |
| CDAA | choline-deficient/L-amino acid-defined diet |
| CDCA | chenodeoxycholic acid |
| CLA | Conjugated Linoleic Acid |
| COX-2 | Cyclooxygenase 2 |
| CYP2E1 | Cytochrome P450 2E1 |
| Cyp7A1 | Cholesterol 7-α hydroxylase 1 |
| DAMPs | Damage-Associated Molecular Patterns |
| DCs | Dendritic cells |
| DEN | Diethylnitrosamine |
| DCA | Deoxycholic Acid |
| ER | Endothelial Reticulum |
| FFAs | Free Fatty Acids |
| FGF19 | Fibroblast Growth Factor 19 |
| FIAF | Fating-Induced Adipocyte Factor |
| FMT | Fecal Microbiota Transplantation |
| FOS | Fructo-oligosaccharides |
| FXR | Farnesoid X Receptor |
| GIT | Gastrointestinal Tract |
| HCC | Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
| HDL | High Density Lipoprotein |
| HFD | High Fat Diet |
| HFGFD | High Glucose/Fructose Diet |
| HOMA-IR | Insulin Resistance Index |
| HSHF | High Sucrose and High Fat |
| HSCs | Hepatic Stellate Cells |
| IFN-γ | Interferon-γ |
| IgA | Immunoglobulin A |
| IL | Interleukin |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase |
| IR | Insulin Resistance |
| JNK | Jun N-terminal kinase |
| LDL | Low Density Lipoprotein |
| LP-F19 | Lactobacillus Paracasei F19 |
| Lep ob/ob | Leptin Deficient Mice |
| LPL | Lipoprotein Lipase |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharides |
| MBOAT7 | Membrane Bound O-acyltransferase Domain-containing 7 |
| MCD | Methionine-Choline Deficient Diet |
| MetS | Metabolic Syndrome |
| miRNAs | microRNAs |
| MMP | Metalloproteinases |
| MTT | Microbiota-Targeted Therapy |
| Myd88 | Myeloid differentiation factor 88 |
| NAFLD | Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NASH | Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor Kappa-Light-Chain-Enhancer Of Activated B Cells |
| NLR | NOD-like receptors |
| NO | Nitric Oxide |
| NOD | Nucleotide-binding and Oligomerization Domain |
| PAMPs | Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns |
| PNPLA3 | Patatin-like Phospholipase Domain-containing 3 |
| PPAR- γ | Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ |
| qRT-PCR | Quantitative Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction |
| RCT | Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial |
| Reg3b | Regenerating islet-derived protein 3 b |
| Reg3g | Regenerating islet-derived protein 3 g |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| rRNA | Ribosomal RNA |
| SASP | Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype |
| SCFA | Short Chain Fatty Acid |
| SNPs | Single nucleotide polymorphisms |
| T2DM | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus |
| TGF- β | Transforming growth factor β |
| TGR5 | Takeda G-protein-coupled receptor 5 |
| Th17 | T-helper cells 17 |
| TLR | Toll-like receptor |
| TMAO | Trimethylamine N-oxide |
| TM6SF2 | Transmembrane 6 Superfamily Member 2 |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha |
| VLDL | Very-Low Density Lipoprotein |
| UCP-2 | UCP-2 |
| WHO/FAO | World Health Organization/Food and Agriculture Organization |
| ZO-1 | Zonula Occludens-1 |