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. 2020 Jul 22;21(15):5203. doi: 10.3390/ijms21155203
α-SMA α-smooth muscle actin
α-Galcer α-Galactosylceramide
AhR aryl hydrocarbon receptor
AILD autoimmune liver diseases
ASK1 apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1
BAFF B-cell activating factor
BALF bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
BDL Bile duct ligation
Bregs regulatory B cells
CCl4 carbon tetrachloride
CCL2 C-C motif chemokine ligand 2
CKD chronic kidney disease
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
DC Dendritic cell
DILI drug-induced liver injury
ECM extracellular matrix
FGF-9 fibroblast growth factor 9
GVHD graft-versus-host disease
NASH nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
HBV hepatitis B virus
HCV hepatitis C virus
HMF hepatic myofibroblast
HSCs hepatic stellate cells
ICOS inducible co-stimulator
ILCs innate lymphoid cells
iNKT cells invariant natural killer T cells
IPF idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
JAK Janus kinase
MAIT cells mucosal-associated invariant T cells
MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase
MMPs matrix metalloproteinases
mTOR mammalian target of rapamycin
NAFLD nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
NASH nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
NE neutrophil elastase
NK cells natural killer cells
NKT cells natural killer T cells
PBC primary biliary cholangitis
PDGF platelet-derived growth factor
PTECs proximal tubular epithelial cells
SSc systemic sclerosis
STAT signal transducers and activators of transcription
Tfh cells T follicular helper cells
TGF-β transforming growth factor-β
TRAIL TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand
Tregs regulatory T cells
UUO unilateral ureteral obstruction