ADAM	a disintegrin and metalloproteinase
BAT	brown adipose tissue
BDCSS	Borrone dermato-cardio-skeletal syndrome
ECM	extracellular matrix
EGF	epidermal growth factor
EMT	epithelial-mesenchymal transition
FTHS	Frank-ter Haar syndrome
GST	glutathione S-transferase
H2O2	hydrogen peroxide
ITC	isothermal titration calorimetry
KO	knockout
MET	mesenchymal-epithelial transition
miRNA	microRNA
MMP	matrix metalloproteases
mRNA	messenger RNA
MSCs	mesenchymal stem/stromal cells
nee mice	“nose-ear-eye” deformities mice
NOX	NADPH oxidase
O2-	superoxide anion
˙OH	hydroxyl radical
PI(4,5)P2	phosphatidylinositol (4,5)-bisphosphate
PI(3,4,5)P3	phosphatidylinositol (3,4,5)-trisphosphate
PPARγ	peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma
PRR	proline-rich region
PTPases	phosphatases
PX domain	Phox homology domain
ROS	reactive oxygen species
RTK	receptor tyrosine kinase
SH3	SRC homology 3 domain
TKS	tyrosine kinase substrate
UCP1	uncoupling protein 1
WAT	white adipose tissue