3β-HSD	3β-hydroxy-D5-C27-steroid dehydroxylase
6-ECDCA	6a-ethyl-chenodeoxycholic acid
ACC2	Acetyl CoA carboxylase
AGRP	Agouti-related peptide
AKR1C4	3a-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase
AKR1D1	D4-3-oxosteroid 5b-reductase
AKT	Protein kinase B
ALT	Alanine aminotransferase
AMPs	Antimicrobial peptides
ASBT	Apical sodium-dependent bile salt transporter
BA	Bile acids
BAAT	Bile acid-CoA:amino acid N-acyltransferase
BACS	Bile acid CoA synthase
ABCB11	Bile acid export pump
BAT	Brown adipose tissue
BSEP	Bile salt export pump
BSH	Bile salt hydrolase
C4	7a-hydroxy-4-cholesten-3-one
CA	Cholic acid
CCK	Cholecystokinin
CCl4	Carbon tetrachloride
CDCA	Chenodeoxycholic acid
CF	Cycling frequency
COX-2	Cylcooxygenase-2
CREB	cAMP regulatory element binding protein
CYP7A1	Cholesterol-7α-hydroxylase
CYP27A1	Cytochrome P450 27A1
CYP2A12	Cytochrome P450 2A12
CYP2C70	Cytochrome P450 2C70
CYP7A1	Cytochrome P450 7A1
CYP7B1	Cytochrome P450 7B1
CYP8B1	Cytochrome P450 8B1
DBD	DNA binding domain
DCA	Deoxycholic acid
eIF4B	Eukaryotic initiation factor 4B
eIF4E	Eukaryotic initiation factor 4E
ER2	Everted hexanucleotide repeat separated by 2 nucleotides
ERK	Extracellular-signal-regulated protein kinase
FAR	Fractional absorption rate
FFA	Free fatty acid
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
FGF15	Fibroblast growth factor 15
FGF19	Fibroblast growth factor 19
FGFR	Fibroblast growth factor receptor
FGFR1	Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1
FGFR4	Fibroblast growth factor receptor 4
FLINT	Farnesoid X receptor ligand obeticholic acid in NASH treatment
FXR	Farnesoid X receptor
FXRE	Farnesoid X receptor response element
FTR	Fractional turnover rate
GGT	Gamma-glutamyltransferase
GLP-1	Glucagon-like peptide 1
GLUT2	Glucose transporter 2
GPBAR-1	G-protein-coupled bile acid receptor-1
GS	Glycogen synthase
GSK3a	Glycogen synthase kinase 3a
HREs	Hormone response elements
HSC	Hepatic stellate cell
IkB	Inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B
IBABP	Intestinal bile acid binding protein
IFN-g	Interferon-gamma
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IR1	Inverted hexanucleotide repeat separated by 1 nucleotide
KO	Knockout
LBD	Ligand-binding domain
LCA	Lithocholic acid
LRH-1	Liver receptor homologue 1
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
JNK	JUN N-terminal kinase
JUN	Jun proto-oncogene
MAGs	Metagenome-assembled genomes
MCA	Muricholic acid
MCD	Methionine-choline deficient
MCP-1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
MRP2	Multidrug resistance-associated protein 2
mTOR	Mammalian target of rapamycin
NAFLD	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NASH	Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
NF-kB	Nuclear factor kappa-light chain enhancer of activated B cell
NPY	Neuropeptide Y
NR s	Nuclear receptors
NLRP3	NACHT LRR and PYD domains-containing protein 3
NTCP	Sodium taurocholate co-transporting polypeptide
OATP	Organic anion transporting polypeptide
OCA	Obeticholic acid
OSTα	Organic solute transporter alpha
OSTb	Organic solute transporter beta
P90RSK	p90 ribosomal S6 kinase
PBC	Primary biliary cirrhosis
PEPCK	Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase
PFIC	Progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis
PGC-1α	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha
PGC-1b	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-beta
PPARγ	Peroxisomal proliferator activated receptor gamma
PXR	Pregnane X receptor
RCT	Reverse cholesterol transport
RXR	Retinoid X receptor
S1PR2	Sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor 2
S6K1	S6 kinase beta-1
SCD1	Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1
SIBO	Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
SHP	Small heterodimer partner
SREBP1c	Sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1c
STAT3	Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
SULT2A1	Sulfotransferase 2A1
TCA	Taurocholic acid
TDCA	Taurodeoxycholic acid
TGR5	Takeda G-protein receptor 5
TLCA	Taurolithocholic acid
TNFα	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
VDR	Vitamin D receptor
VLDL	Very low-density lipoprotein
WAT	White adipose tissue