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. 2021 Jul 6;22(14):7256. doi: 10.3390/ijms22147256
ACC1 Acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1
AGEs Advanced glycation end products
AKT Protein kinase B
AMI Acute myocardial infarction
AML-12 Alpha mouse liver 12 cells
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
ATF4 Activating transcription factor 4
ATGL Adipose triglyceride lipase
cAMP Cyclic adenosine monophosphate
ceRNA Competing endogenous RNA
CoA Coenzyme A
CPT1b Carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1b
CREB cAMP responsive element-binding protein
CRTC2 Regulated transcription coactivator-2
CVD Cardiovascular diseases
DAG Diacylglycerol
DNMT DNA methyltransferase
DREH Hexose/glucose transport enhancer
DUSP27 Dual-specificity phosphatase 27
EGR2 Early growth response protein 2
eNOS Nitric oxide synthase
EPCs Endothelial progenitor cells
ERK1/2 Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2
EZH2 Enhancer of zeste polycomb repressive complex 2
FAS Fatty acid synthase
FBP Fructose-1,6-biphosphatase
FFA Free fatty acids
FGF Fibroblast growth factor
FoxO1 Forkhead box O1
G6PC Glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic
GAS5 Growth arrest specific 5
GK Glucokinase
GLUT4 Glucose transporter type 4
GSK3β Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
HBx Hepatitis B virus X
HFD High-fat diet
HGP Hepatic glucose production
HMGB1 High-mobility group box 1
HNF4A Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha
hnRNPA1 Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein A1
HOMA-IR Insulin resistance- homeostatic model assessment
HOTAIR HOX transcript antisense RNA
HRECs Human retinal endothelia cells
IGF Insulin-like growth factor
IKK Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa
IL Interleukin
INSR Insulin receptor
Let-7 Lethal-7
LOXL2 Lysyl oxidase like 2
IR Insulin resistance
IRS Insulin receptor substrate
JNK c-Jun-N-terminal kinase
KSRP K-homology splicing regulatory protein
LSD1 Lysine-specific demethylase 1
MALAT1 Metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCP-1 Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
MEG3 Maternally expressed gene 3
MIAT Myocardial infarction associated transcript
MLXIPL MLX-interacting protein-like
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
mTORC1 mTOR complex 1
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate oxidase
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa B
PC Pyruvate carboxylase
PCK/PEPCK Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
PCOS Polycystic ovary syndrome
PDK1 Pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 1
PDX1 Pancreatic and duodenal homeobox 1
PGC-1α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase
PK Phosphokinase
PPAR Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
PRC2 Polycomb repressive complex 2
PTBP1 Polypyrimidine tract-binding protein 1
Risa Regulator of insulin sensitivity and autophagy
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SAA3 Serum amyloid antigen 3
SAH S-adenosylhomocysteine
SAHH S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase
SAT Subcutaneous adipose tissue
SCO1 Cytochrome C oxidase
SFA Saturated fatty acids
SIRT1 Sirtuin 1
SRA Steroid receptor RNA activator
SREBP-1c Sterol regulatory element-binding transcription factor 1c
T2D Type 2 diabetes
TG Triglycerides
TGF-β Transforming growth factor-beta
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α
UPR Unfolded protein response
VASH1 Vasohibin-1
VAT Visceral adipose tissue
VEGFA Vascular endothelial growth factor-A
WAT White adipose tissue