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 |