| 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 |