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. 2020 Aug 10;21(16):5731. doi: 10.3390/ijms21165731
T2D Type-2 diabetes
AT Adipose tissue
ATM Adipose tissue macrophages
SVF Stromal vascular fraction
TNF Tumour necrosis factor
IRS Insulin receptor substrate
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
NFκB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
PKB Protein kinase B
IκB Inhibitors of κB
IL6 Interleukin 6
CCL2/MCP1 Chemokine (C-C motif) ligang 2/Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1
IKKβ Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta
PPR Pattern recognition receptors
TLR Toll-like receptors
NLR NOD-like receptors
DAMP Damage-associated molecular pattern
PAMP Pathogen-associated molecular pattern
NLRP3 Gene encoding NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing protein 3
ASC Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD
IL1B Interleukin 1 beta
IL18 Interleukin 18
IL1R Interleukin 1 receptor
MyD88 Myeloid primary response differentiation-88 protein
IRAK Interleukin 1 associated kinase
JAK Janus kinase
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
IL4R Interleukin 4 receptor
TNFR TNF receptor
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
IFN Interferon
IRF Interferon regulatory factor
GLUT Glucose transporter
HK Hexokinase
mTORC1 Mammalian target of rapamycin complex
HIF1 Hypoxia inducible factor-1
TCA tricarboxylic acid cycle
GAPDH Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase
CARKL Carbohydrate kinase-like
PPP Pentose phosphate pathway
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
ROS Reactive oxygen species
MCSF Macrophage colony-stimulating factor
OXPHOS oxidative phosphorylation
FAO Fatty acid oxidation
IL4 Interleukin 4
LAL Lysosomal acid lipase
FATP1 Fatty acid transporter 1
FABP Fatty acid binding protein
CPT Carnitine palmitoyl transferase
αKG Alpha-ketoglutarate
SUCNR1 Succinate receptor
PDH Pyruvate dehydrogenase
PDK Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase
PPAR Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
ABCA1 ATP-binding cassette transporter sub-family A member 1
ABCG1 ATP-binding cassette transporter sub-family G member 1
APOE Apolipoprotein E
APOC Apolipoprotein C
ARG2 Arginase-2
SREBP Sterol regulatory element binding protein
NLRP1A Gene encoding NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing protein 1A
FASN Fatty acid synthase