Table 1.

Meanings of abbreviations used in this article.

Abbreviation	Meaning
ACI	Acute cerebrovascular infarction
AS	Atherosclerosis
AT	Adipose tissue
AT1-ILCs	Group 1 adipose tissue innate lymphoid cells
ATM	Adipose tissue macrophage
BAT	Brown adipose tissue
cILCs	Cardiovascular-associated innate lymphoid cells
CVD/CVDs	Cardiovascular disease/s
DCM	Dilated cardiomyopathy
DIO	Diet-induced obesity
EAM	Experimental autoimmune myocarditis
FALC	Fat-associated lymphoid tissue
HFD	High fat diet
ILC/ILCs	Innate lymphoid cell/innate lymphoid cells
ILC1/ILC1s	Helper-like type 1 innate lymphoid cell/s
ILC2/ILC2s	Helper-like type 2 innate lymphoid cell/s
ILC3/ILC3s	Helper-like type 3 innate lymphoid cell/s
LTi	Lymphoid tissue inducer cell
MI	Myocardial infarction
NK/NKs	Natural killer cell/natural killer cells
ox-LDL	Oxidised low-density lipoprotein
PAH	Pulmonary arterial hypertension
PBMCs	Peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PC	phosphorylcholine
STEMI	ST-elevation myocardial infarction
T2DM	Type 2 Diabetes mellitus
TF/TFs	Transcription factor/s
TSLP	Thymic stromal lymphopoietin
WAT	White adipose tissue