AKT	Protein kinase B
ALD	Alcoholic liver disease
AST	Aspartate transaminase
ATX	Autotaxin
AUROC	Area under the receiver operating characteristic
BMI	Body mass index
CCR	C-C chemokine receptors
CI	Confidence interval
ECM	Extracellular matrix
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
ERK	RAS extracellular signal-regulated kinase
GCK	Glucokinase regulator
HCC	Hepatocellular carcinoma
HOMA	Homeostasis model assessment parameter
HR	Hazard ratio
HSC	Hepatic stellate cell
HSD17B13	Hydroxysteroid 17β-dehydrogenase
IGF	Insulin-like growth factor
IGN	Intestinal gluconeogenesis
IKK	Inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB kinase
IL	Interleukin
IR	Insulin resistance
IRS	Insulin receptor substrate
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
JSG-NAFLD	Japan Study Group of NAFLD
LOXL2	Lysyl oxidase-like 2
LSM	Liver stiffness measurement
Mac-2bp	Mac-2 binding protein
MBOAT7	Membrane bound O-acyltransferase domain- containing 7
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
MRE	Magnetic resonance elastography
NAFLD	Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
NASH	Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
NF-κB	Nuclear factor-kappa B
NFS	NAFLD fibrosis score
OPN	Osteopontin
OR	Odds ratio
PDK	Phosphoinositide-dependent kinase
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PNPLA3	Patatin-like phospholipase domain containing 3
SOCS	Suppressor of cytokine signaling
TAZ	Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ- binding motif
TEAD	TAZ/TEA domain
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-β
T2DM	Type2 diabetes mellitus
TM6SF2	Transmembrane 6 superfamily member 2
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
VCTE	Vibration-controlled transient elastography
WFA+-M2bp	Wisteria floribunda agglutinin-positive Mac-2-binding protein