Abbreviation	Meaning
ABCB4	ATP-binding cassette subfamily B member 4
ACSL1	Acyl-CoA synthetase long-chain family member
ADCC	Antibody-dependent cytotoxicity
AKT	AKT serine/threonine kinase 3
ALD	Alcoholic liver disease
ALDOB	Aldolase, fructose-bisphosphate B
APAP	N-acetyl-p-aminophenol
APO-1	Apoptosis antigen 1
ASH	Alcoholic steatohepatitis
ASL	Argininosuccinate lyase
BDL	Bile duct ligation
CCL4	Carbon tetrachloride
CCN2	Cellular communication network factor 2
CD1	Cluster of differentiation 1
CREB3L1	CAMP-responsive element-binding protein 3-like 1
CTGF	Connective tissue growth factor
DPP4	Dipeptidyl peptidase 4
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EVs	Extracellular vesicles
FAH	Fumarylacetoacetate hydrolase
FXR	Farnesoid X receptor
GBE1	1,4-alpha-glucan branching enzyme 1
HDAC4	Histone deacetylase 4
HGF	Hepatocyte growth factor
hMSCs	Human mesenchymal stem cells
HNF4	Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4
HSCs, qHSCs	Hepatic stellate cells, quiescent hepatic stellate cells
HSP47	Heat shock protein 47
IGF	Insulin-like growth factor
IHH	Indian Hedgehog
IKK, NF-κB	Inhibitor of nuclear factor-κB (IκB) kinase, nuclear factor-kappa B
ILs	Interleukins
KCs	Kupffer cells
LPA	Lysophosphatidic acid
LSECs	Liver sinusoidal endothelium cells
MAITs	Mucosa-associated invariant T cells
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MFGE-8	Milk factor globule EGF8
MHC	Major histocompatibility complex
miRNAs	microRNAs
MMP	Matrix metalloprotein
MRE	Magnetic resonance elastography
NASH	Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
NKs	Natural killer cells
PD-1	Programmed cell death protein 1
PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
PI3k	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PPARϒ	Peroxisome proliferators–activated receptor γ
SAM	Scar-associated macrophages
SERPINA	Serpin family A member 1
SLC25A13	Solute carrier family 25-member 13
SMAD	Fusion of Caenorhabditis elegans Sma genes and the Drosophila Mad, mothers against decapentaplegic
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
TAA	Thioacetamide
TAZ	Transcriptional coactivator with PDZ-binding motif
TE	Transient elastography
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor β
TIMP	Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase
TLR4	Toll-like receptor-4
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TNF-α	Tumor Necrosis Factor α
Tregs	Regulatory T cells
TSG-6	TNF-α-stimulated gene 6
UCB	Umbilical cord blood
uPA, uPAR	Urokinase plasminogen activator, urokinase plasminogen activator receptor
Wnt	Wingless-related integration site
WPBs	Weibel–Palade bodies