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. 2020 Nov 7;21(21):8362. doi: 10.3390/ijms21218362
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
miRNA MicroRNA
siRNA Small interfering RNA
priRNA PIWI-Interacting RNA
mRNA Messenger RNA
HBV Viral hepatitis B
HCV Viral hepatitis C
ALD Alcoholic liver disease
NAFLD Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
UTR Untranslated region
pri-miRNA Primary microRNA
DGCR8 DiGeorge syndrome critical region gene 8
TRBP Transactivation response element RNA-binding protein
RISC RNA-Induced silencing complex
AGO Argonaute protein
OncomiR Oncogenic miRNA
IL-6 Interleukin-6
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α
HGF Hepatocyte growth factor
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome
RhoB Ras homolog family member B
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
SMAD3 Small mother against decapentaplegic 3
TRAIL TNF related apoptosis-inducing ligand
PUMA P53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TIMP3 Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 3
NASH Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
FASN Fatty acid synthase
ACC1 Acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1
IGF Insulin-like growth factor
HNF Hepatocyte nuclear factor
AMPK Adenosine 5′-monophosphate-activated protein kinase
SIRT1 Sirtuin 1
PPAR Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor
LXR Liver X receptor
SREBP Sterol regulatory element-binding protein
HSC Hepatic stellate cell
TGF Transforming growth factor
ADAM17 A disintegrin and metalloproteinase 17
TLR2 Toll-Like receptor 2
WNT Wingless-Related integration site
JAK Janus kinase
MAPK Mitogen-Activated protein kinase
SOCS3 Suppressor of cytokine signaling 3
HBe Hepatitis Be
SHIP1 SH2-Containg inositol phosphatase 1
ULK1 Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1
PCBP Poly(rC)-Binding protein
DLC Deleted in liver cancer
IRF1 Interferon regulatory factor 1
FN Fibronectin
SCD Stearoyl-CoA desaturase
CREB1 cAMP responsive element binding protein 1
TRIF TIR-Domain-Containing adapter-inducing interferon
HMGA2 High-Mobility group AT-hook 2
C/EBP CCAAT/enhancer binding protein
KLF5 Kruppel-Like factor 5
PDK1 Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1
VEGF Vascular endothelial growth factor
bFGF Basic fibroblast growth factor
MMP2 Matrix metallopeptidase 2
HMGB High-Mobility group box
DAMP Damaged-Associated molecular pattern
TP53INP1 Tumor protein p53 inducible nuclear protein 1
VFL von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor
MLH1 MutL homolog 1
CLDN Claudin
DDIT DNA damage-inducible transcript
IKK I kappa B kinase
TAB3 TGF-beta activated kinase 1 binding protein 3
VAV2 Vav guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2
CDC42 Cell division cycle 42
PKB Protein kinase B
ROCK RHO-Associated protein kinase
EMT Epithelial-Mesenchymal transition
PKM2 Pyruvate kinase M2
AFP α-fetoprotein
PIVKA-II Vitamin K absence or antagonists-II
AMO AntimiRNA oligonucleotide
LNA Locked-Nucleic-Acid antisense oligonucleotide
MTg-AMO Antagomirs and multiple-target antimiRNA antisense oligodeoxyribonucleotide
AAV Adeno-Associated virus
TAI Transcatheter arterial infusion
ABC ATP-Binding cassette
KEAP1 Kelch-Like ECH-associated protein 1
NFE2L2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2 like 2
DUSP6 Dual specificity phosphatase 6
EIF4E Eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E
BRAF v-Raf murine sarcoma viral oncogene homolog B
PDGFR3 Platelet-Derived growth factor receptor 3
RASSF1 Ras association domain family member 1