ACACA	acetyl-CoA carboxylase alpha
ACC	acetyl-CoA carboxylase
AFP	alpha-fetoprotein
ALIOS	American lifestyle-induced obesity syndrome
ALP	alkaline phosphatase
ALT	alanine aminotransferase
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
AOX	fatty acyl-CoA oxidase
AR	androgen receptor
AR −/ y	AR knockout male mice
ARE	androgen response element
AREG	amphiregulin
ARKO	AR konockout
ArKO	aromatase-knockout
AST	aspartate aminotransferase
ATP5J	ATPase coupling factor 6
BDL	bile duct ligation
CCA	cholangiocarcinoma
CCRKs	cell cycle-related kinases
CLD	chronic liver disease
CTCs	circulating tumor cells
CTGF	connective tissue growth factor
DEN	diethylnitrosamine
DGAT1/2	diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase 1/2
DHT	dihydrotestosterone
DPN	bis-hydroxy-phenyl-propionitryle
E2	estradiol
EGF-R	epidermal growth factor receptor
ER	estrogen receptor
ERα/ERβ	estrogen receptor alpha/estrogen receptor beta
ERαKO/ERβKO	ERα knockout/ERβ knockout
ESRRG	estrogen-related receptor gamma
FA	fatty acid
FASN	fatty acid synthase
Foxa	forkhead box protein A
GGT	γ-glutamyltransferase
GLUT	glucose transporter
GLR	glucagon receptor
GPER	G protein-coupled estrogen receptor, known as Gpr30
Gpr30	orphan G protein-coupled receptor 30
H-AR−/y	hepatic AR knockout male mice
H-AR−/−	hepatic AR knockout female mice
HBsAg	HBV surface antigen
HBV	hepatitis B
HBx	HBV X protein
HCC	hepatocellular carcinoma
HCV	hepatitis C
HDL-C	high-density lipoprotein
HepG2	human liver cell line
HFD	high-fat diet
HFHC	high-fat and high-cholesterol diet
HRT	hormone replacement therapy
IBDM	intrahepatic bile duct mass
IFN-γ	interferon γ
IL-1β	interleukin 1β
IL-6	interleukin 6
IL-12A	interleukin 12A
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KCNN4	Ca2+-activated K+ channel
L-AR−/y	liver AR knockout male mice
LDL-C	low-density lipoprotein
LKO	liver ERα-knockout
lncRNA	long non-coding RNAs
LT	lymphotoxin
MetS	metabolic syndrome
miR	microRNA
MMP9	matrix metalloproteinase 9
MOER	ERα at the plasma membrane
MTA1	metastasis-associated protein 1
MyD88	myeloid differentiation primary response 88
NAFLD	non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NASH	non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
NF-Κb	nuclear factor kappa B
NK	natural killer
ORX	orchidectomized
OVX	ovariectomized
PBC	primary biliary cirrhosis
PCLD	polycystic liver disease
PCOS	polycystic ovary syndrome
PEPCK	phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
PI3K	phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PPAR-α	proliferator-activated receptor-alpha
PPAR-δ	peroxisome proliferation activator receptor-delta
PPAR-γ	peroxisome proliferator activator receptor-gamma
PPT	propyl-pyrazole-triol or trisphenol
PR	progesterone receptor
PSC	primary sclerosing cholangitis
PTP1B	protein-tyrosine phosphatase 1B
SCD1	stearoyl-CoA desaturase-1
SGLT	Na+-coupled glucose transporters
siRNA	small interfering RNA
SREBP-1c	sterol-regulatory element-binding protein 1c
STAT3	signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
T	testosterone
T2D	type 2 diabetes
TCF	T cell factor
Tfm	testicular feminized male mice
TG	triglycerides
TGF-β1	transforming growth factor beta 1
TNFα	tumor necrosis factor alpha
vER	variant estrogen receptor
VLACS	very long fatty acyl-CoA synthetase
WT	wild type
wtER	wild type estrogen receptor
XIAP	X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein
5αR	5α-reductase
5αR1/5αR2	5α-reductase type1/5α-reductase type 2
5αR1−/−/5αR2−/−	5α-reductase type1/5α-reductase type 2 knockout