αSMA	Alpha smooth muscle actin
AASLD	American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Ago2	Argonaute 2
ALIX	Apoptosis-linked gene-2-interacting protein X
ALT	Alanine aminotransferase
APRI	AST to platelet ratio index
ARF6	Adenosine diphosphate-ribosylation factor 6
ASGR1	Asialoglycoprotein receptor 1
AST	Aspartate aminotransferase
ATF6α	Activating transcription factor 6α
AUROC	Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve
CD	Cluster of differentiation
CDAA	Choline-deficient L-amino acid
Col1α1	Collagen-1α1
CT	Computed tomography
CXCL10	C-X-C motif ligand 10
DAMP	Damage-associated molecular pattern
DNL	De novo lipogenesis
DR	Death receptor
ECM	Extracellular matrix
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
ESCRT	Endosomal sorting complex required for transport
EV	Extracellular vesicle
FFA	Free fatty acid
GGT	Gamma glutamyl transferase
GTPase	Guanosine triphosphatase
HCC	Hepatocellular carcinoma
HSC	Hepatic stellate cell
HSP	Heat shock protein
IL	Interleukin
ILV	Intraluminal vesicles
IRE1	Inositol-requiring enzyme 1
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
LSEC	Liver sinusoidal endothelial cell
miR/miRNA	microRNA
MLK3	Mixed lineage kinase 3
MRI	Magnetic resonance imaging
mRNA	Messenger RNA
MRS	Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
MV	Microvesicle
MVB	Multivesicular body
NAFLD	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NAS	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease activity score
NASH	Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
NK	Natural killer
PERK	Protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase
PPARγ	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RT-qPCR	Reverse transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction
S1P	Sphingosine-1-phosphate
sEV	Small extracellular vesicle
SphK	Sphingosine kinase
SS	Simple steatosis
TIMP-2	Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TNFα	Tumour necrosis factor alpha
TRAIL-R2	TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand receptor 2
TSG101	Tumour susceptibility gene 101
UTR	Untranslated region
VAMP3	Vesicle-associated membrane protein 3
VLDL	Very low-density lipoproteins
VNN1	Vanin-1