AgRP	Agoutí-related protein
AKT	Protein kinase B
ALD	Alcoholic liver disease
BAT	Brown adipose tissue
BMI	body mass index
CCK	Cholecystokinin
CD	Cluster of differentiation
ChREBP	Carbohydrate responsive element binding protein
CNS	Central nervous system
Con A	Concanavalin A
CVH	Chronic viral hepatitis
DAG	Diacylglycerol
DC	Dendritic cells
DEN	Diethylnitrosamine
DNL	De novo lipogenesis
EGFR	Epidermal growth factor receptor
ELOVL5	Elongation of very-long-chain fatty acids protein 5
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FA	Fatty acid
FoxO1	Forkhead box protein O1
GA	Guanabenz acetate
GABA	γ-aminobutyric acid
GLP1	Glucagon-like-protein 1
GS3Kβ	Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
HCC	Hepatocellular carcinoma
HCV	Hepatitis C virus
HepG2	Hepatoma G2
HF1a	Hypoxia-inducible factor 1a
HPA	Hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal
HSC	Hepatic stellate cells
ICAM-1	Intercellular adhesion molecule- 1
ICV	Intracerebroventricular
IFN-γ	Interferon gamma
IP	Intraperitoneal
IR	Insulin resistance
IRS1	Insulin receptor substrate 1
JAK	Janus kinase
LEPRs	Leptin receptors
LHA	Lateral hypothalamus area
LPL	Lipoprotein lipase
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
MCH	Melanin-concentrating hormone
miR	MicroRNA
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
NADPH	nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NAFLD	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NASH	Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
NPY	Neuropeptide Y
OX	Orexin
p38 MAPK	p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase
PHx	Partial hepatectomy
PI3K	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PKCε	Protein kinase C-epsilon
POMC	Pro-opiomelanocortin
PPARα	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors alpha
PPARγ	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors gamma
SS	Simple steatosis
STAT-3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TG	Triglycerides
TGFβ1	Transforming growth factor β 1
TIMP	Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VLA-2	Very late antigen-2
VLDL	Very-low density lipoproteins
WAT	White adipose tissue