NAFLD	Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
NAFL	Nonalcoholic fatty liver
NASH	Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
THs	Thyroid hormones
HCs	Hepatic cells
HCC	Hepatocellular carcinoma
HIN	Hypothyroidism-induced NAFLD
SCH	Subclinical hypothyroidism
IR	Insulin resistance
BMI	Body mass index
TSH	Thyroid-stimulating hormone
fT4	Free Thyroxine
LT4	Levothyroxine
AST	Aspartate aminotransferase
ALT	Alanine aminotransferase
TG	Triglyceride
HOMA-IR	Homeostatic Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance
TRs	Thyroid hormone receptors
T3	3,5,3′-triiodothyronine
T4	3,5,3′,5′-tetraiodothyronine
rT3	Reverse T3
TRH	Thyrotropin-releasing hormone
RXR	Retinoid X receptor
TREs	Thyroid hormone response elements
THR-α	Thyroid hormone receptor α1
THR-β	Thyroid hormone receptor β1
D1	Deiodinases 1
D2	Deiodinases 2
D3	Deiodinases 3
T2	Diiodothyronine
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor-beta
IL6	Interleukin-6
FFAs	Free fatty acids
DNL	De novo lipogenesis
L-FABPs	Liver fatty acid binding proteins
SREBP-1c	Sterol regulatory element-binding transcription factor 1
ChREBP	Carbohydrate- Responsive Element-Binding Protein
PCSK9	Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9
HMG-CoA	β-Hydroxy β-methylglutaryl-CoA
Cyp7A1	Cholesterol 7 alpha-hydroxylase
T2DM	Type 2 diabetes mellitus
CKD	Chronic kidney disease
MRI	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
FLI	Fatty liver index
USG	Ultrasonography
LS	Longitudinal study
CSS	Cross-sectional study
CCS	Case-control study
WAT	White adipose tissue
mRNA	Messenger RNA
FAS	Fatty acid synthase
ACC	Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
VLDL	Very-low-density lipoprotein
LDL	Low-Density Lipoproteins
HDL	High-Density Lipoproteins
FATPs	Fatty acid transporter proteins
FAT	Fatty acid translocase
cAMP	Cyclic AMP
PKA	Protein kinase A
PPARα	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α
PPAR δ	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- δ
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
HMGCR	3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl coenzyme A reductase
CETP	Cholesteryl ester transfer protein
LCAT	Lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase
ApoA1	Apolipoprotein A1
ApoC3	Apolipoprotein C3
SRB1	Scavenger receptor class B member 1
SOAT2	Sterol O-acyltransferase 2
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
CAT	Catalase
CAMKK2	Ca2+–calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase 2
FGF-21	Fibroblast growth factor-21
TBA	Thyroxine-binding albumin
TBPA	Thyroxine-binding prealbumin
TBG	Thyroxine-binding globulin
L-FABP	Hepatic fatty acid-binding protein
CMD	Choline-methionine deficient
COX-2	Cyclooxygenase-2
AOX	Acyl-CoA oxidase
phosphor-SAPK/JNK	Phosphor-stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase
phosphor-STAT3	Phosphor-signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
PGC-1α	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1α
CPT-1	Carnitine palmitoyltransferase-1
T1AM	3-iodothyronamine
STIR1	Hepatic nuclear sirtuin 1
AKT	Protein kinase B
MAPK/ERK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase
TAAR1	Trace amine-associated receptor
TQ	Thymoquinone
NG	Nigella salvia
PTU	6-propyl-2-thiouracil
α-SMA	Alpha-smooth muscle actin
HSCs	Hepatic stellate cells
GC-1	Sobetirome
KB-2115	Eprotirome
MGL-3196	Resmetirom
MRI-PDFF	MRI-proton density fat fraction