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. 2020 Jun 20;21(12):4405. doi: 10.3390/ijms21124405
AAV Adeno-associated virus
ACSS2 Acetyl-CoA synthetase 2
AGC Aspartate-glutamate carrier
aKG Alpha-ketoglutarate
AKT Protein kinase B
ALA Lipoic acid (1,2-dithiolane-3-pentanoic acid or thioctic acid)
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
BAT Brown adipose tissue
BCL-XL B-cell lymphoma-extra large
CoQ10 Coenzyme Q10
CPEO Chronic progressive external ophthalmoplegia
CPT1 Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1
DAMP Mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns
dGTP Deoxyguanosine triphosphate
DHODH Dihydroorotate dehydrogenase
DNAJA4 Dnaj heat shock protein family (Hsp40) member A4
dNTP Deoxynucleotide triphosphate
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ETC Electron transport chain
FAD Flavin adenine dinucleotide
FAO Fatty acids beta-oxidation
FMT Fecal microbiota transplant
FOXP3 Forkhead box P3
FPP Farnesyl pyrophosphate (or diphosphate)
GAPDH Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
GF Germ-free
GOT2 Glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase
Gpx4 Glutathione peroxidase 4
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
2-HG 2-hydroxyglutarate
HIF Hypoxia-inducible factor
HLRCC Hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer
5hmc 5-hydroxymethylcytosine
HMGCR HMG-CoA reductase
HO-1 Heme oxygenase- 1
Jmjc Jumonji C
KDM Histone lysine demethylase
KRT19 Keratin 19
KSS Kearns–Sayre syndrome
LC–MS/MS Liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry
LDHA Lactate dehydrogenase A
LHON Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy
5mc 5-methylcytosine
MCL1 Induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein
MEFs Mouse embryonic fibroblasts
MELAS Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy with lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes
MERRF Myoclonic epilepsy with ragged-red fibers
MGMT O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase
MIDD Maternally inherited diabetes and deafness
MSC Mesenchymal stem cell
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
MTHFD Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase
NAC N-acetylcysteine
NADH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NARP Syndrome neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa
ND4 NADH dehydrogenase subunit 4
nDNA Nuclear DNA
NOX Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase
NSCLC Non-small-cell lung carcinoma
2-OG 2-oxoglutarate
OXPHOS Oxidative phosphorylation
PARP Poly(ADP)-ribose polymerase
PC Pyruvate carboxylase
PD1 Programmed cell death 1
PDAC Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PDCD Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex deficiency
PDH Pyruvate dehydrogenase
PDK2 Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 2
PDM Peridroplet mitochondria
PFKP Phosphofructokinase
PGK1 Phosphoglycerate kinase
PHD Prolyl hydroxylase
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PINK1 PTEN-induced putative kinase 1
PPP Pentose phosphate pathway
pVHL Von Hippel–Lindau protein
RCC Renal cell carcinoma
RISP Rieske iron-sulfur protein
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SCFA Short-chain fatty acid
SDH Succinate dehydrogenase
SLC2A Solute carrier family 2
SMAD Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 1
SNAIL Snail family transcriptional repressor
SOD Superoxide dismutase
SPF Specific pathogens-free
SPOCK SPARC (Osteonectin), Cwcv, and Kazal like domains proteoglycan
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
TAG Triacylglyceride
TCA Tricarboxylic acid
TET Ten-eleven-translocation
TGFβ Transforming growth factor beta
TNT Tunneling nanotube
Treg Regulatory T cell
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor