| Aβ | β-amyloid |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AMD1 | S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase 1 |
| AMPK | adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase |
| APP | amyloid precursor protein |
| AR | androgen receptor |
| ARF1 | ADP-ribosylation factor 1 |
| ARIC | Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities |
| BAK1 | BCL2 antagonist killer 1 |
| BC | breast cancer |
| BCAA | branched-chain amino acid |
| BCKD | branched-chain alpha-ketoacid dehydrogenase |
| BMI | body mass index |
| BRCA1 | breast cancer 1 protein |
| BTB | broad complex, tramtrack, and bric-a-brac |
| CAND1 | cullin-associated and neddylation-dissociated 1 |
| CASTOR1 | cellular arginine sensor for mTORC1 |
| CDKN1B | cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1B |
| CMA | chaperone-mediated autophagy |
| CUL3 | cullin 3 |
| DBT | dihydrolipoamide branched-chain transacylase |
| DLBCL | diffuse large B-cell lymphoma |
| DMT2 | diabetes mellitus type 2 |
| DNMT | DNA methyltransferase |
| eIF4e | eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4E |
| GAP | GTPase-activating protein |
| E2F1 | E2F transcription factor 1 |
| EMT | epithelial-mesenchymal transition |
| EPIC | European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition |
| ER | estrogen receptor |
| ERBB2 | ERB-B2 receptor tyrosine kinase 2 |
| ERRα | estrogen-related receptor alpha |
| ER stress | endoplasmic reticulum stress |
| EV | extracellular vesicle |
| FBP | fructose-1,6-bisphosphate |
| FBXW7 | F-box and WD40 domain protein 7 |
| FOXO | forkhead box transcription factor |
| FTO | fat mass- and obesity-associated gene |
| GH | growth hormone |
| GHR | growth hormone receptor |
| GHRH | growth hormone releasing hormone |
| GSIS | glucose-stimulated insulin secretion |
| HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HR | hazard ratio |
| HT | hydroxytryptamine |
| IGF-1 | insulin-like growth factor 1 |
| IGF1R | IGF-1 receptor |
| IGFBP3 | IGF binding protein 3 |
| IRS1 | insulin receptor substrate 1 |
| KLHL22 | Kelch-like 22 |
| LAMP2A | lysosome-associated membrane protein type 2A |
| LAT1 | L-type amino acid transporter 1; SLC7A5 |
| LCT | lactase gene |
| LKB1 | serine/threonine protein kinase 11 |
| LRS | leucyl-tRNA synthetase |
| MAPT | microtubule-associated protein tau |
| MDM2 | mouse double minute 2 homolog |
| MEX | milk exosome |
| MFG | milk fat globule |
| MFG-E8 | MFG EGF-factor 8 |
| miR | micro-ribonucleic acid |
| MPTP | 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine |
| mTORC1 | mechanistic target of rapamycin complex 1 |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor kappa B |
| NHANES | United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
| NHL | non-Hodgkin lymphoma |
| NRF2 | nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| PCa | prostate cancer |
| PCR | polymerase chain reaction |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PDCD4 | programmed cell death 4 |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide-3 kinase |
| PPARGC1A | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α, PGC-1α |
| PR | progesterone receptor |
| PRKAA1 | catalytic subunit α1 of AMPK |
| PRKAG2 | regulatory subunit γ2 of AMPK |
| PTEN | phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| PUMA | p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis; BBC3 |
| RAG | Ras-related GTP-binding protein |
| Raptor | regulatory associated protein of mTOR |
| RHEB | Ras-homolog enriched in brain |
| SAMTOR | S-adenosylmethionine sensor upstream of mTOR |
| SESN2 | sestrin 2 |
| S6K1 | ribosomal protein S6 kinase, 70-KD, 1; |
| SLC3A2 | solute carrier family 3, member 2 |
| SLC7A5 | solute carrier family member 5; LAT1 |
| SNCA | synuclein, alpha |
| SREBF1 | sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 1 |
| TAG | triacylglycerol |
| TP53 | tumor protein p53 |
| TSC2 | tuberin |
| UHT | ultra-heat-treated |
| ULK1 | unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1 |
| WHO | World Health Organization |