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. 2020 Apr 23;21(8):2986. doi: 10.3390/ijms21082986
5mC 5-methylcytosine
αSMA α smooth muscle actin
ACDRP Amish Complex Disease Research Program
ACLY ATP citrate lyase
ALA α-lipoic acid
ALT Alanine Aminotransferase
APO C3 Apolipoprotein C3
APOE Apolipoprotein E
b3AR Adrenergic receptor
BCAA Branched-Chain Amino Acid
BPA Bisphenol A
CASP1 Caspase 1
CBMN Cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay
CCL4 Carbon Tetrachloride
Cdkn1a Cyclin Dependent Kinase Inhibitor 1A
ChDD Choline-deficient diet
Col1A1 Collagen Type I α1
CPT1A Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 1A
CRISPR/Cas9 Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
Cyp7A1 Cholesterol 7-α hydroxylase 1
DHA Docosahexaenoic acid
DNL De novo lipogenesis
DNMTs DNA methyltransferases
ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
ER Endothelial Reticulum
EPA Eicosapentanoic acid
EZH2 Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2
FASN Fatty acid synthetase
FATP1 Fatty acid transporter 1
FA Fatty Acid
FFA Free Fatty Acid
FGF19 Fibroblast Growth Factor 19
FGFR2 Fibroblast growth factor receptor 2
FOXO1 Forkhead box O1
GCKR Glucokinase Regulatory Protein
GIFT Genetically Improved Farmed Tilapia
GSTM1 Glutathione S-transferase Mu 1
GSTT1 Glutathione S-transferase theta 1
GWAS Genome-wide association study
H3K9 Lysine 9 acetylation of histone H3
H3K36 Lysine 36 acetylation of histone H3
H3Me2K4 Lysine 4 dimethylation at histone H3
HAT Histone acetyltransferase
HCC Hepatocellular Carcinoma
HDAC8 Histone Deacetylase 8
HFD High Fat Diet
HFrD high-fructose diet
HF/HS High-Fat/High-Sucrose
HFS High Fat Sucrose
HSCs Hepatic Stellate Cells
HSD11B 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
iPOP Integrated personal omic profile
IR Insulin Resistance
IUGR Intrauterine Grow Restriction
JHDM2A Jumonji C (JmjC)-Domain-containing Histone Demethylase 2A
LDL Low-density lipoprotein
LKB1/AMPK Liver Kinase B1/AMP-activated Protein Kinase
LP Low protein
LPIAT1 Lyso-phosphatidylinositol acyl-transferase1
LPL Lipoprotein lipase activity
LPS Lipopolysaccharides
LXRα Liver X receptor alpha
Lyso-PI Lyso-phosphatidylinositol
MAM Mitochondria-associated membrane
MBOAT7 Membrane Bound O-acyltransferase Domain-containing 7
MCD Methionine-Choline Deficient diet
MedDiet Mediterranean diet
MetS Metabolic Syndrome
miRNAs microRNAs
MMP Matrix Metalloproteinase
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
MTHFR Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase
MT-ND6 Mitochondrially encoded NADH dehydrogenase 6
MTTP Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein
MUFA Monounsaturated fatty acid
Myd88 Myeloid differentiation factor 88
NAFLD Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
NAS NAFLD activity score
NASH Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis
NC Normal Chow
NF-κB Nuclear Factor Kappa-Light-Chain-Enhancer of Activated B Cells
NIOR Nutrient-induced insulin output ratio
NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
PA Palmitic acid
PCG1-α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha
PCSK7 Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 7
PCSK9 Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9
PDGFα Platelet-derived growth factor alpha
PMBCs Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PNPLA2 Patatin-like Phospholipase Domain Protein 2
PNPLA3 Patatin-like Phospholipase Domain Protein 3
PPARα Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α
PPARγ 2 Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ2
PPP1R3B Protein Phosphatase 1 Regulatory subunit 3B
PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acids
RNAseq RNA sequencing
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
SAM S-adenyl methionine
SCD Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase
SCFAs Short Chain Fatty Acids
SFA Saturated fatty acid
Sirt Sirtuin
SNPs Single nucleotide polymorphisms
SOD Superoxide Dismutase
SREBP1c Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1c
SULT1A1 Sulfotransferase 1A1
T2D Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
TA Tannic acid
TG Triglycerides
TGFβ1 Transforming growth factor β1
TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
TM6SF2 Transmembrane 6 Superfamily Member 2
TMC4/MBOAT7 Transmembrane Channel-like 4/Membrane Bound O-acyltransferase Domain-containing
TNFα Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha
UCP-1 Uncoupling Protein type I
VLDL Very-low density lipoprotein
WNT Wingless-related integration site