NAFLD	non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NAFL	non-alcoholic fatty liver
NASH	non-alcoholic steato-hepatitis
T2DM	type-2 diabetes mellitus
GI	gastro-intestinal
TJ	tight-junctions
kDa	kiloDalton
TEER	transepithelial electric resistance
EVOM	epithelial volt/ohm meter
FABP	fatty acid binding protein
i-FABP	intestinal FABP
CHB	chronic hepatitis B
CHC	chronic hepatitis C
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
PAMPs	pathogen-associated molecular patterns
DAMPs	damage-associated molecular patterns
TFG-β	transforming growth factor-beta
IL-1	interleukin-1
IL-6	interleukin-6
TNF-α	tumour necrosis factor-alpha
TLR-4	toll-like receptor 4
GLP-2	glucagon-like peptide 2
GLUT-2	glucose transporter-2
BMI	body mass index
IL-1β	interleukin-1 beta
SCFA	short chain fatty acid
FMT	faecal microbiota transplant