| AA | Arachidonic acid |
| ACC | Acetyl-CoA carboxylase |
| ACDRP | Amish Complex Disease Research Program |
| AMPK | Adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase |
| ASO | antisense oligonucleotides |
| ATG7 | Autophagy related 7 |
| CHO | Carbohydrate enriched |
| CKD | Chronic kidney disease |
| DNL | De novo lipogenesis |
| FAs | Fatty acids |
| FASN | Fatty acid synthetase |
| FFAs | Free fatty acids |
| GCKR | Glucokinase regulator |
| GWAS | Genome-wide association studies |
| GPR | G protein-coupled receptor |
| HCC | Hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HDCA3 | Histone deacetylases |
| HFD | High-fat diet |
| HFE | Homeostatic iron regulator |
| HFF% | Hepatic fat fraction percentage |
| HFS | High-fat-sucrose |
| HSCs | Hepatic stellate cells |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IR | Insulin resistance |
| LA | Linoleic acid |
| LDL | Low-density lipoproteins |
| LDL-R | Low density lipoprotein receptor |
| LKB1 | Liver kinase B1 (LKB1) |
| LOX-1 | Lectin-like oxidized LDL receptor-1 |
| LXR | Liver X receptor |
| MAFLD | Metabolic (dysfunction) associated fatty liver disease |
| MARC1 | Mitochondrial amidoxime reducing component 1 |
| MBOAT7 | Membrane-bound O-acyltransferase domain containing 7 |
| MD | Mediterranean diet |
| MiRNAs | MicroRNAs |
| MS | Metabolic syndrome |
| Mt-DNA | Mitochondrial DNA |
| MT-ND6 | Mitochondrially encoded NADH ubiquinone oxidoreductase core subunit 6 |
| mTOR | mammalian target of rapamycin |
| MTTP | Microsomal triglyceride transfer protein |
| n−3 | Omega 3 |
| n−6 | Omega 6 |
| n−9 | Omega 9 |
| NAFLD | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NAS | NAFLD activity score |
| NASH | Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis |
| NF-kB | Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NLRP3 | NLR family pyrin domain containing 3 |
| OxLDL | oxidized low-density lipoproteins |
| PARVB variant 1 | Homo sapiens parvin beta transcript variant 1 |
| PCSK7 | Proprotein convertase subtilisin/Kexin type 7 |
| PDGF-α | Platelet derived growth factor-alpha |
| PGC1 | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor -coactivator-1beta |
| PI | Phosphatidylinositol |
| PNPLA3 | Phospholipase domain-containing protein-3 |
| PPAR | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| PPP1R3B | Protein phosphatase 1 regulatory subunit 3B |
| PUFAs | Polyunsaturated fatty acids |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| SCFAs | short chain fatty acids |
| SIRT | Sirtuin |
| Sirtuins | Silent information regulator 2 proteins |
| SNP | Single nucleotide polymorphism |
| SOD 2 | Superoxide dismutase 2 |
| SR-A | Scavenger receptor A |
| SREBP1 | Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins |
| SsRNAs | Small non-coding single strand RNAs |
| TG | Triglycerides |
| TGF-β | Transforming growth factor-beta |
| TI | Trained immunity |
| TLRs | Toll like receptors |
| TM6SF2 | Transmembrane 6 superfamily member 2 protein |
| TNF-α | Tumour necrosis factor-α |
| UCP2 | Uncoupling protein 2 |
| UCP3 | Uncoupling Protein 3 |
| UFAs | Unsaturated fatty acids |
| UTR | Untranslated region |
| VLDL | Very-low-density lipoproteins |