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. 2022 Dec 27;13(1):44. doi: 10.3390/metabo13010044
Abbreviation Word or phrase in full
AAs amino acids
ACC acetyl-CoA carboxylase
ACL ATP-citrate lyase
ACSL1 acyl-CoA synthetase long chain family member 1
ACSS2 acyl-CoA synthetase short-chain family member 2
AGPAT acyl glycerol phosphate acyl transferase; lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase
ALA α-linolenic acid
ARE antioxidant response element
Arg arginine
BAX Bcl-2 associated X-protein
BCL2 B-cell lymphoma-2
BHBA β-hydroxybutyrate
BTN1A1 butyrophilin subfamily 1 member A1
CAT catalase
CD36 CD36 molecule; fatty acid transferase
CLA conjugated linoleic acid
CLD cytoplasmic lipid droplet
CM chylomicrons
CoA coenzyme A
CUL3 cullin-3
DAG diacylglycerol
DGAT diacylglycerol acyltransferase
DHA docosahexaenoic acid
DNA deoxyribonucleic acid
DPA docosapentaenoic acid
ECM extra-cellular matrix proteins
ELOVL fatty acid elongase
EPA eicosapentaenoic acid
ER endoplasmic reticulum
FABP fatty acid binding protein
FADS fatty acid desaturase
FAs fatty acids
FAS fatty acid synthase
FATP fatty acid transport protein
FECH ferrochelatase
FFARs free fatty acid receptors
FFAs free fatty acids
FTH1 ferritin heavy chain 1
G6PDH glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
GCLC glutamate-cysteine ligase catalytic subunit
GCLM glutamate-cysteine ligase modifier subunit
Glut1 glucose transporter1
glycerol-3-P glycerol-3-phosphate
GPAM glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase, mitochondrial
GPAT glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase
GPX glutathione peroxidase
GSH glutathione
GSR glutathione-disulfide reductase
GSTM1 glutathione s-transferase mu 1
HMOX1 heme oxygenase 1
HMSeBA hydroxy-selenomethionine
IL interleukin
INSIG insulin-induced gene
KEAP1 Kelch-like epichlorohydrin-associated protein 1
LCFAs long-chain fatty acids
LPA lysophosphatidic acid
LPIN lipin
LPL lipoprotein lipase
MAPK14 mitogen-activated protein kinase 14
MCFAs medium chain fatty acids
MDA malondialdehyde
ME1 malic enzyme 1
MECs mammary epithelial cells
Met methionine
MFD milk fat depression
MFG milk fat globule
mRNA messenger ribonucleic acid
mTOR mechanistic target of rapamycin
NADPH nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NEFA non-esterified FA
NFE2L2 nuclear factor erythroid 2-like 2
NFKB nuclear factor-kappa B
NQO1 NAD(P)H dehydrogenase [quinone] 1
O2 oxygen
PA phosphatidate
PIR pirin
PLIN2 perilipin 2
PPARs proliferator-activated receptors
PPARγ proliferator-activated receptor γ
PPARγC1A PPARγ coactivator 1 alpha
PUFAs polyunsaturated fatty acids
RNS reactive nitrogen species
ROS reactive oxygen species
SCD stearoyl-CoA desaturase
SCFAs short chain fatty acids
Se selenium
SeMet selenomethionine
SFAs saturated fatty acids
SLC27A6 solute carrier family 27-member 6
SOD superoxide dismutase
SREBF1 sterol regulatory element binding transcription factor 1
SS sodium selenite
TAGs triglycerides
TALDO1 transaldolase 1
TFs transcription factors
TNFA tumor necrosis factor alpha
TXN thioredoxin
UFAs unsaturated fatty acids
VLDL very-low-density lipoprotein
XDH xanthine dehydrogenase