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. 2022 Nov 24;23(23):14663. doi: 10.3390/ijms232314663
5-mC 5-methylcytosine
6-mA 6-methlyl-adenine
ADMA asymmetric dimethylarginine
AGEs advanced glycation end products
AMHR anti-Müllerian hormone receptor
AP-1 activator protein 1
AR androgen receptor
ATP adenosine triphosphate
BHMT betaine homocysteine methyltransferase
BMI body mass index
BMP4 bone morphogenetic protein 4
C3 complement element 3
CpG cytosine-phosphate-guanine dinucleotides
CRHBP corticotropin releasing hormone binding protein
CRP C-reactive protein
CYP11A1 cholesterol monooxygenase (cytochrome P450 family 11 subfamily A member 1)
CYP17A1 cytochrome P450 17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase
CYP19A1 enzyme aromatase (cytochrome P450 family 19 subfamily A member 1)
DAMPs damage-associated molecular patterns
DENND1A DENN domain containing 1A
DENND1A.V2 DENN domain containing 1A variant 2
DHEA dehydroepiandrosterone
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DNMTs DNA methyltrasferases (e.g., DNMT, DNMT3a, and DNMT3)
E estrogen
ER endoplasmic reticulum
ET-1 endothelin 1
FOXO3A transcription factor forkhead box protein O3
FSH follicle-stimulating hormone
GCs granulosa cells
GNMT glycine N-methyltransferase
Hcy homocysteine
HDACs histone deacetylases
HMGB-1 high mobility group box-1
hs-CRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein
HSD3B2 hydroxy-delta-5-steroid dehydrogenase, 3 beta- and steroid delta-isomerase 2
ICAM-1 Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (CD54)
IFN-γ interferon-gamma
IKKβ I-kappa-B-kinase beta
IL interleukin (e.g.,: IL-6, IL-10, IL-12, IL-18, IL-34)
iNOS inducible nitric oxide synthase
IR insulin resistance
IRS insulin receptor substrate
JNK1 c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1
LH luteinizing hormone
LIF leukemia inhibitory factor
lncRNA long noncoding RNA
MALAT1 long-chain ncRNA metastasis-related lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
MAPK14 mitogen-activated protein kinase 14 (p38α)
MCP-1 monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
MDA malondialdehyde
MDM2 murine double minute 2 oncogene
METTL4 methyltransferase like 4
MIP-1α macrophage inflammatory protein-1α
miRNA microRNAs
MMP-9 matrix metalloproteinase-9
MNC mononuclear cells
mtDNA mitochondrial DNA
mtDNMTs mitochondrial DNA methyltrasferases
mTOR serine-threonine protein kinase mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR),
N6AMT1 N-6 adenine-specific DNA methyltrasferase 1
NAD+ nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NAFLD nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
ncRNAs noncoding RNAs
NF-κB nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NLRP3 NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3
NO nitric oxide
NRF-1 nuclear respiratory factor 1
OXPHOS oxidative phosphorylation
PAI-I plasminogen activator inhibitor-I
PCOS polycystic ovary syndrome
PGC-1α peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha
PI3K/AKT phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/protein kinase B (AKT) signaling pathway
PLAC2 placenta-specific protein 2
PPAR peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
Prx4 peroxiredoxin 4
RAGE cellular membrane receptor for advanced glycation end products
Rho/ROCK pathway Rho/Rho-associated coiled-coil containing protein kinase pathway
RNA ribonucleic acid
ROS reactive oxygen species
SIRTs sirtuins (e.g., SIRT3–sirtuin 3)
SIX5 transcription factor SIX homeobox protein 5 (SIX5)
SLE systemic lupus erythematosus
SMAD4 SMAD family member 4 (mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4)
SOCS suppressors of cytokine signaling
sRAGE soluble form of receptor for advanced glycation end products
STAT signal transducer and activator of transcription
T testosterone
TFAM mitochondrial transcription factor A p53–protein p53
TGFβ transforming growth factor β
TGFβR1, TGFβR2 transforming growth factor beta receptor 1 and 2, respectively
TLR4 Toll-like receptor 4
TLR8 Toll-like receptor 8
TNF-α tumor necrosis factor alpha
TOS total oxidant status
VCAM-1 vascular cell adhesion protein 1 (CD106)
VEGFs vascular endothelial growth factors
WBC white blood cell count
XO xanthine oxidase
YY1 transcription factor yin-yang 1