| ABC | ATP-binding cassette |
| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |
| AP-2 | adaptor protein 2 |
| ASCOM | activating signal cointegrator-2-containing complex |
| BSEP (ABCB11) | bile salt export pump |
| BRIC2 | benign recurrent intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 |
| CA | cholic acid |
| cAMP | cyclic adenosine monophosphate |
| CARM1 | co-activator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 |
| CFTR (ABCC7) | cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator |
| CDCA | chenodeoxycholic acid |
| CM | canalicular membrane |
| cPKC | classical (Ca2+-dependent) protein kinase C |
| cryo-EM | cryo electron microscopy |
| DCA | deoxycholic acid |
| DILI | drug-induced liver injury |
| ECL | extracellular loop |
| Epac | exchange protein directly activated by cAMP |
| ICL | intracellular loop |
| ICP | intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy |
| ERAD | Endoplasmic-reticulum-associated degradation |
| E17G | estradiol 17 β-D-glucuronide |
| FXR (NR1H4) | farnesoid X receptor |
| FXRE | FXR response element |
| LKB1 | liver kinase B1 |
| LRH-1 (NR5A2) | liver receptor homolog-1 |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MRP3 (ABCC3) | Multidrug-resistance-associated protein 3 |
| MRP4 (ABCC4) | Multidrug-resistance-associated protein 4 |
| NASH | non-alcoholic steatohepatitis |
| NBD | nucleotide-binding domain |
| NBS | nucleotide-binding site |
| Nrf2 | nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| NTCP (SLC10A1) | sodium taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide |
| OCA | 6α-ethyl-CDCA (obeticholic acid) |
| 4-PB | 4-phenylbutyrate |
| PBC | primary biliary cholangitis |
| PFIC2 | progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis type 2 |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide 3-kinase |
| PM | plasma membrane |
| RXR | retinoid X receptor |
| SRC2 | steroid receptor co-activator 2 |
| TCA | taurocholic acid |
| TMD | transmembrane domain |
| TUDCA | tauroursodeoxycholic acid |
| UDCA | ursodeoxycholic acid |