| Akt | protein kinase B |
| AL | light chain |
| ApoA-I | apolipoprotein A1 |
| Atg | autophagy-related |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s Modification of Eagle’s Medium |
| FBS | foetal bovine serum |
| G418 | geneticin |
| GAPDH | glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| H2-DCFDA | 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate |
| HepG2 | human hepatocellular carcinoma |
| LC3 | microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 (MAP1LC3) |
| Leu | leucine |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MTOR | mammalian target of Rapamycin |
| p70 | ribosomal protein S6 kinase beta 1 (RPS6KB1, p70S6K) |
| PE | phosphatidylethanolamine |
| Pep-A | pepstatin-A |
| Pro | proline |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SAPK/JNK | stress-activated protein kinase/Jun-amino-terminal kinase |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| SQSTM1/p62 | sequestosome 1 |
| TFEB | transcription factor EB |
| TMRE | tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester |
| TSC2 | tuberous sclerosis 2 |
| UV | ultraviolet |
| WT | wild-type |
| Δψm | mitochondrial membrane potential |