| MSC | Mesenchymal stem cell |
| STAR | Signal Transduction and Activation of RNA |
| WAT | White adipose tissue |
| BAT | Brown adipose tissue |
| BMAT | Bone marrow adipose tissue |
| cBMA | Constitutive bone marrow adipocytes |
| rBMA | Regulated bone marrow adipocytes |
| PLOD2 | 2-oxoglutarate 5-dioxygenase 2 |
| AMPK | Adenosine-monophosphate activated protein kinase |
| LKB1 | Liver kinase B1 |
| Ob-R | Leptin receptor |
| BMSC | Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell |
| CSC | Cancer stem cell |
| NILCO | Notch, Interleukin-1, and leptin crosstalk outcome |
| EMT | Epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
| TAMs | Tumor-associate macrophages |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| sICAM | Soluble intercellular adhesion molecules |
| Sam68 | Src-associated in mitosis 68 |
| MET | Mesenchymal to epithelial transition |
| SRSF1 | Serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 1 |