| STAR | steroidogenic acute regulatory protein |
| TSPO | translocator protein |
| Lipoid CAH | lipoid congenital adrenal hyperplasia |
| dbcAMP | dibutyryl-cAMP |
| START domain | STAR-related lipid transfer domain |
| CE | cholesterol ester |
| DAG | diacylglycerol |
| PC | phosphatidylcholine |
| OFP | orange fluorescent protein |
| NGS | next-generation sequencing |
| LC–MS | liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| OAG | 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycerol |
| PLC | phospholipase C |
| PKC | protein kinase C |
| WT | wild type |
| KO | knockout |
| TAG | triacylglycerol |
| CRISPR/Cas9 | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| gRNA | guide RNA |
| FACS | fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| BLAST | Basic Local Alignment Search Tool |
| PLD | phospholipase D |
| ss | single stranded |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative real-time PCR |