| 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 |