ALT |
alanine transaminase |
ASH |
alcoholic steatohepatitis |
AST |
aspartate transaminase |
ATF6 |
activating transcription factor 6 |
BIM |
Bcl2-interacting protein/Bcl2-like protein 11 |
BiP/GRP78 |
binding immunoglobulin protein/glucose-regulated protein 78 |
BSA |
bovine serum albumin |
CHOP/GADD153 |
C/EBP homologous protein, growth arrest- and DNA damage-inducible gene |
CREBH/CREB3L3 |
cyclic AMP response element-binding protein H/cyclic AMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like protein 3 |
eIF2α |
eukaryotic initiation factor 2α |
ER |
endoplasmic reticulum |
GADD34 |
growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein 34 |
GRP94 |
Glucose-regulated protein, 94kD |
HCC |
hepatocellular carcinoma |
HDL |
high-density lipoprotein |
IRE1 |
inositol-requiring enzyme 1 |
LCN2 |
Lipocalin 2 |
LDL |
low-density lipoprotein |
PC |
hepatocyte(s) |
PBS |
phosphate-buffered saline |
PCR |
polymerase chain reaction |
PERK |
protein kinase R (PKR)-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase |
PUMA |
p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis |
RT-qPCR |
real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
TG |
thapsigargin |
TM |
tunicamycin |
TUNEL |
terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling |
UPR |
unfolded protein response |
Xbp1s |
spliced X-box-binding protein 1 |
Xbp1u |
unspliced X-box-binding protein 1 |