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. 2021 Jan 3;10(1):61. doi: 10.3390/cells10010061
4-PBA 4-phenyl butyric acid
AAV-9 Adeno-associated virus serotype 9
Ac Acetylation
ActRIIB Activin receptor type IIB
AICAR 5-amino-imidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide (AMPK activator)
Akt Protein kinase B
AMP Adenosine monophosphate
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
ATF4 Activating transcription factor 4
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
BAFFR Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 13C
cAMP Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
Cbl-b Casitas B-lineage lymphoma-b ubiquitin ligase
CD40 Cluster of differentiation 40
CHORDS Cysteine and Histidine-Rich Domains
c-Raf RAF proto-oncogene serine/threonine-protein kinase
c-Rel Proto-oncogene c-Rel
CS CHORD and Sgt1 domain
DGC Dystrophin glycoprotein complex
ECM Extracellular matrix
ERK1/2 Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2
FAK Focal adhesion kinase
FOXO1/3/4 Forkhead box O1/3/4
GLUT-4 Glucose transporter 4
Grp94/gp96 Glucose-regulated protein 94/glycoprotein 96
GSK-3β Glycogen synthase kinase-3β
HDAC1/4 Histone deacetylase 1/4
HER2 Receptor tyrosine-protein kinase erbB-2
Hsp90 Heat shock protein 90
IGF1R Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor
IGF-I and –II Insulin-like growth factor I and II
IKKα/β Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit α/β
IL-1 Interleukin 1
ILK Integrin-linked kinase
IQGAP-1 IQ Motif Containing GTPase Activating Protein 1
IR Insulin receptor
IRS-1 Insulin receptor substrate-1
ITGB1BP2 Integrin beta-1-binding protein 2
IκB Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B
JNK c-jun N-terminal kinase
LGMD2A Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A
LTβR Lymphotoxin-β receptor
MAFbx Muscle atrophy F-box ubiquitin ligase
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MEK1/2 Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1/2
MLP Muscle LIM protein
MRF4 Myogenic regulatory factor 4
MST1 Macrophage stimulating 1
mTORC1 Mammalian/mechanistic target of rapamycin
MuRF-1 Muscle RING finger—1 ubiquitin ligase
MyoD Gene coding for Myoblast determination protein 1
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NF-κB1 Nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p105 subunit
NF-κB2 Nuclear factor NF-kappa-B p100 subunit
NIK NF-κB inducing kinase
NMJ Neuromuscular junction
nNOS Neuronal nitric oxide synthase
NO Nitric oxide
p38 MAPK p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase
p70S6K Ribosomal protein S6 kinase p70
PCG-1α and β Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1α and β
PDZ domain PSD-95/Dlg/ZO-1 domain
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PINCH Particularly interesting new Cys-His protein 1
PKC Protein kinase C
PLA2 Phospholipase A2
PW1 Gene coding for Paternally-expressed gene 3 protein
RANK Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 11A
RelA/p65 Transcription factor p65
RelB Transcription factor RelB
ROS Reactive oxygen species
RYR1 Ryanodine receptor 1
SAC Stretch-activated ion channel
SCN4A Gene coding for Sodium channel protein type 4 subunit alpha
Smad Small mother against decapentaplegic
SR Sarcoplasmic reticulum
TAZ Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif
TLR Toll-like receptor
TNFR Tumor necrosis factor receptor
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor a
Trim 32 Tripartite motif-containing protein 32
TRPC1 Transient receptor potential channel 1
TWEAK TNF-related weak inducer of apoptosis
YAP Yes-associated protein