| NAFLD | nonalcoholic fatty liver disease |
| NASH | nonalcoholic steatohepatitis |
| HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| CD | cluster of differentiation |
| NAFL | nonalcoholic fatty liver |
| IR | insulin resistance |
| T2DM | type 2 diabetes mellitus |
| FFA | free fatty acid |
| SCGF-β | stem cell growth factor-beta |
| AT | adipose tissue |
| VAT | visceral adipose tissue |
| KC | kupffer cells |
| HSC | hepatic stellate cell |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| NADPH | nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate |
| Th | helper T |
| STAT | signal transducing activator of transcription |
| TCPTP | T cell protein tyrosine phosphatase |
| TG | triglyceride |
| MCD | methionine- and cystine deficient diet |
| SFA | saturated fatty acid |
| GSK-3β | glycogen synthase kinase-3β |
| LPC | lysophosphatidylcholine |
| EV | extracellular vesicle |
| MUFA | monounsaturated fatty acid |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| TCR | T cell receptor |
| NKT | natural killer T |
| γδT | gamma delta T |
| MALT | mucosal-associated invariant T |
| Treg | regulatory T |
| IFN | Interferon |
| WT | wild-type |
| HOMA-IR | homeostasis model assessment-Insulin resistance |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| CCL | chemotactic cytokine |
| CXCL | chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand |
| CXCR | chemokine (C-X-C motif) receptor |
| IL | i8nterleukin |
| IL-R | interleukin receptor |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| IMT | intima-media thickness |
| JNK | c-Jun NH-terminal kinase |
| PI3K | phosphoinositide-3 kinase |
| PTEN | phosphatase and tensin homologue |
| MT | metallothionein |
| VSMC | vascular smooth muscle cell |
| FOXP3 | forkhead box protein 3 |
| TGF | transforming growth factor |
| NET | neutrophil extracellular trap |
| DC | dendritic cell |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| HFD | high-fat diet |
| KLF10 | kruppel-like factor 10 |
| MIG | monokine Induced by Interferon-gamma |
| DEN | diethylnitrosamine |
| NAC | N-Acetylcysteine |
| URI | unconventional prefoldin RPB5 interactor |
| OS | overall survival |
| RAGE | receptor for advanced glycation product |
| Trm | tissue -resident memory T |
| CCR | chemokine receptor |
| FasL | factor related apoptosis ligand |
| Fas | factor related apoptosis |
| MHC | major histocompatibility complex |
| LTβR | lymphotoxin beta receptor |
| TAP | antigen peptide transporter |
| PD1 | programmed cell death protein 1 |
| PMN | polymorphonuclear neutrophil |
| MR | mineralocorticoid receptor |
| PD-L1 | programmed cell death 1 ligand 1 |
| ZNF24 | zinc finger protein 24 |
| Tc cells | cytotoxic T cells |
| CD-HFD | choline deficiency- high-fat diet |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor kappa-B |
| HBV | hepatitis B virus |
| HCV | hepatitis C virus |
| TAA | tumor-associated antigen |
| eTregs | effector regulatory T cells |
| CTLA | cytolytic T lymphocyte-associated antigen |
| IgA+ | immunoglobulin-A-producing |
| TAM | tumor-associated macrophage |
| NRG | Neuregulin |
| Ncoa5 | nuclear receptor coactivator 5 |
| NK | natural killer |
| Tim-3 | T cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3 |
| Gal-9 | galectin-9 |
| SREBP2 | cholesterol regulatory element binding protein 2 |
| iNKT | invariant natural killer T |
| CDAA | choline-deficient L-amino-defined diet |
| TRAIL | tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand |
| LIGHT | herpevirus entry mediator ligand |
| Hh | hedgehog |
| OPN | osteopontin |
| MR1 | major histocompatibility complex class I-related |
| CVC | cenicriviroc |
| MDSC | myeloid-derived suppressor cells |
| MAdCAM-1 | mucosal addressin cell adhesion molecule-1 |
| mAb | monoclonal antibody |
| A2aR | adenosine A2a receptor |
| SMAD2 | mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2 |
| CPT | carnitine palmitoyltransferase |
| TE | theaphenon E |
| IBD | inflammatory bowel disease |
| RA | rheumatoid arthritis |