| AP | Antigen Presentation |
| APC | Antigen-Presenting Cell |
| AT | Adipose Tissue |
| ATDC | Adipose Tissue Dendritic Cell |
| ATM | Adipose Tissue Macrophage |
| BAT | Brown Adipose Tissue |
| BATF | Basic Leucine Zipper ATF (Activating Transcription Factor)-like |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| CCL | C-motif Chemokine Ligand |
| CCR | C-C Chemokine Receptor |
| CD | Cluster of Differentiation |
| cDC | Conventional DC |
| CLEC | C-type Lectin Domain |
| CLS | Crown Like Structures |
| CLV | Collecting Lymphatic Vessel |
| DC | Dendritic Cell |
| DIO | Diet-induced Obesity |
| DT | Diphtheria Toxin |
| DTR | Diphtheria Toxin Receptor |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| FMS | Feline McDonough Sarcoma |
| FLT3 | FMS-like Tyrosine Kinase |
| FLT3L | FMS-like Tyrosine Kinase Ligand |
| FN | Fibronectin |
| GM-CSF | Granulocyte Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor |
| HFD | High Fat Diet |
| HSPC | Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IRF | Interferon Regulatory Factor |
| ITGAX | Integrin Alpha X |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase |
| MerTK | MER Proto-Oncogene, Tyrosine Kinase |
| MHC | Major Histocompatibility Complex |
| MMP | Matrix Metallopeptidase |
| moDC | Monocyte-derived DC |
| ND | Normal Diet |
| pDC | Plasmacytoid DC |
| SAT | Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue |
| SLO | Secondary Lymphoid Organ |
| TCR | T Cell Receptor |
| TLR | Toll-like Receptor |
| TREM | Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cell |
| UCP | Uncoupling Protein |
| VAT | Visceral Adipose Tissue |
| ZBTB | Zinc Finger and BTB (Broad-Complex, Tramtrack and Bric a Brac)-domain |