| EVs | Extracellular Vesicles |
| NAFLD | Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease |
| MVEs | Multivesicular Endosomes |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| ISEV | International Society for Extracellular Vesicles |
| MISEV | Minimum Experimental Requirement for the study of EVS |
| NTA | Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis |
| TSG101 | Tumor Susceptibility Gene 101 |
| lEVs | Large Extracellular Vesicles |
| sEVs | Small Extracellular Vesicles |
| ADSCs | Adipose-Derived Stem Cells |
| AT | Adipose Tissue |
| VAT | Visceral Adipose Tissue |
| SAT | Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue |
| LAMP1 | Lysosome-Associated Membrane Glycoprotein 1 |
| IR | Insulin Resistance |
| MSCs | Mesenchymal Stem Cells |
| miRNAs | MicroRNAs |
| RISC | RNA-Induced Silencing Complex |
| UTR | Untranslated Regions |
| pri-miRNA | Primary miRNA |
| WISP2 | WNT1-inducible-signaling pathway protein 2 |
| FGF21 | Fibroblast growth factor 21 |
| ADicerKO | Knockout of miRNA-processing enzyme Dicer |
| ATMs | Adipose Tissue Macrophages |
| PPARγ | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |
| GLUT4 | Glucose transporter type 4 |
| TSC1 | Hamartin or Tuberous sclerosis 1 protein |
| HCC | Hepatocellular Carcinoma |
| BFR | Body Fat Ratio |
| BAC | Brown Adipocyte |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| SGBS | Simpson–Golabi–Behmel Syndrome |
| FABP4 | Fatty acid binding protein 4 |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha |
| MCSF | Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor |
| RBP-4 | Retinol-Binding Protein 4 |
| MIF | Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor |
| PDHE1-β | Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Beta |
| GDM | Gestational Diabetes Mellitus |
| DM2 | Type 2 Diabetes mellitus |
| DIO | Diet-Induced Obesity |
| CAV-1 | Caveolin-1 |
| FAS | Fatty Acid Synthase |
| IL-6 | Interleukin-6 |
| CXCL5 | chemokine 5 with C-X-C motif |
| GRP78 | Endoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiP |
| DDP-4 | Dipeptidyl-Peptidase 4 |
| PAI-1 | Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor |
| HSL | Hormone-Sensitive Lipase |
| GLP-1 | Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 |
| GIP | Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide |
| TGFBI | Transforming Growth Factor-Beta-Induced |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| WC | Waist Circumference |
| WAT | White Adipose Tissue |
| UCP-1 | Mitochondrial Uncoupling Protein of Brown Fat 1 |
| HFD | High Fat Diet |
| MIF1 | Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor |
| REEP5 | Receptor Expression Enhancer Protein 5 |
| PEPCK-C | Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase |
| AOC3 | Primary Membrane Amine Oxidase |
| TARG1 | Regulator of GLUT4 Trafficking 1 |
| Gyk | Glycerol Kinase |
| ACLY | ATP Citrate Synthetase |
| ACC | Acetyl-CoA Carboxylase |
| POMC | Arcuate Pro-Opiomelanocortin |
| MCSF | Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |