| MetS | Metabolic Syndrome |
| T2D | Type 2 Diabetes |
| NAFLD | Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| HCC | Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| FPG | Fasting Plasma Glucose |
| 2-h PH | 2-h Plasma Glucose |
| OGTT | Oral Glucose Tolerance Test |
| HbA1C | Hemoglobin A1c |
| FSIVGTT | Frequently-Sampled Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test |
| HOMA-IR | Homeostatic Model Assessment of Insulin Resistance |
| HOMA2 | Homeostatic Model Assessment 2 |
| QUICKI | Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index |
| PCOS | Polycystic Ovary Syndrome |
| ncRNA | Non-Coding RNA |
| lncRNA | Long Non-Coding RNA |
| pre-miRNA | Precursor miRNA |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| (ce)RNA | Competing Endogenous RNA |
| Nts | Nucleotides |
| mRNA | Messenger RNA |
| MALAT1 | Metastasis Associated Lung Adenocarcinoma Transcript 1 |
| MEG3 | Maternally Expressed Gene 3 |
| H19 | H19 Imprinted Maternally Expressed Transcript |
| HFD-mice | High Fat Diet Mice |
| Lepr db/db | Homozygous for the Diabetes db Mutation of the Leptin Receptor |
| GDM | Gestational Diabetes Mellitus |
| INSR | Insulin Receptor |
| IRS | Insulin Receptor Substrate |
| IRS1 | Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 |
| IRS2 | Insulin Receptor Substrate 2 |
| Pi3K | Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase |
| PIP3 | Prolactin Induced Protein 3 |
| PIP2 | Prolactin Induced Protein 2 |
| Akt | Protein Kinase B |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog |
| FOXO | Forkhead Box |
| FOXO1 | Forkhead Box O1 |
| GSK3 | Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3 |
| mTOR | Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Kinase |
| G6PC | Glucose-6-Phosphatase Catalytic Subunit |
| PCK1 | Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase 1 |
| SREBP-1c | Sterol Regulatory Element-Binding Proteins |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| SOD | Superoxide Dismutase |
| CAT | Catalase |
| GSH-Px | Glutathione Peroxidase |
| Hnf1b | Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator |
| Myh7b | Beta-Myosin Heavy Chain |
| MMP-7 | Matrix Metallopeptidase 7 |
| SPF | Specific Pathogen-Free |
| HNF6 | Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 6 |
| OC2 | One Cut Homeobox 2 |
| BMEL | Bipotent Murine Embryonic Liver Cells |
| FASN | Fatty Acid Synthase |
| IR | Insulin-Resistant |
| Acc1 | Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase |
| HNF-4α | Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4 α |
| NEAT2 | Noncoding Nuclear-Enriched Abundant Transcript 2 |
| HUVECs | Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor α |
| SAA3 | Serum Amyloid A3 |
| JNK | c-Jun N-Terminal Kinase |
| DLK1-MEG3 | Imprinted Delta Like Non-Canonical Notch Ligand |
| GTL2 | Gene Trap Locus 2 |
| NSCLC | Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer |
| ATF4 | Activating Transcription Factor 4 |
| EGR2 | Early Growth Response 2 |
| PBMC | Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells |
| IGF2 | Insulin-Like Growth Factor 2 |
| IGN | Imprinted Gene Network |
| RNA-seq | RNA Sequencing |
| SCD1 | Stearoyl-CoA Desaturase |
| HDL-C | High-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol |
| eGRF | Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Test |
| ANIT | Alpha-Naphthylisothiocyanate |
| HBV | Hepatitis B Virus |
| AUC | Area Under Curve |
| ROC | Receiver Operating Characteristics |