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. 2023 Feb 6;24(4):3219. doi: 10.3390/ijms24043219
ACC Acetyl-CoA carboxylase
ACLY ATP citrate synthase
ACTH Adrenocorticotropic hormone
AGE Advanced glycation end product
AMPK AMP-activated kinase
ApoE Apolipoprotein E
ATF4 Activating transcription factor 4
ATG Autophagy target gene
BAX Bcl2-associated X protein
Bcl-2 B-cell/CLL lymphoma 2
BMAL-1 Brain and muscle arnt-like 1
CBP 3′,5′-cyclic monophosphate-responsive element binding protein
C/EBP CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein
CHOP C/EBP homologous protein
CREB cAMP-responsive element binding protein
CRL Cullin RING ubiquitin ligase
CSN COP9 signalosome
DIM 3′3-Diindolylmethane
DNA-PKcs DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit
DOCK4 Dedicator of cytokinesis 4
DUB Deubiquitinating enzyme
ECM Extracellular matrix
EDL Extensor digitorum longus
EMT Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
ERAP1 Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FABP4 Fatty acid binding protein 4
FASN Fatty acid synthase
FoxP3 Forkhead box P3
FSTL1 Follistatin-like protein 1
GATA1 GATA binding protein 1
GLUT Glucose transporter
GM-CSF Granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor
G6PC Glucose-6-phosphatase catalytic subunit
HAUSP Herpesvirus-associated ubiquitin-specific protease
HCC Hepatocellular carcinoma
HDL High-density lipoprotein
HIF1α Hypoxia-inducible factor 1α
HMGCR HMG-CoA reductase
HOMA-IR Homeostasis model assessment-insulin resistance
HOX1 Heme oxygenase-1
HSD1 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1
HUVEC Human umbilical vein endothelial cell
IDOL Inducible degrader of the LDLR
IFN Interferon
IκB-α Nuclear factor of κ light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor-α
IL Interleukin
IRS1 Insulin receptor substrate 1
JAK Janus kinase
JAMM JAB1/MPN/Mov34 metalloproteases
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KO Knockout
KLF4 Krüppel-like factor 4
LC3B Microtubule-associated protein light chain 3B-1
LDL Low-density lipoprotein
LDLR LDL receptor
LKB1 Liver kinase B1
LncRNA Long non-coding RNA
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
MAFLD Metabolic-dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease
MAPK Mitogen-activated kinase
MAT Methionine adenosyltransferase
MCDD Methionine and choline-deficient diet
MCPIP Monocyte chemotactic protein-induced protein
MDA5 Melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5
Mdm2 Murine double minute 2
MINDY Motif interacting with ubiquitin-containing novel DUB
miR-320 Micro RNA-320
MJD Machado-Joseph disease protein domain protease
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
Myh Myosin heavy chain
NADPH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NAFL Non-alcoholic fatty liver
NAFLD Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
NASH Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis
NICD1 Noch1 intracellular domain 1
NLRC5 NOD-like receptor family cascade recruitment domain family domain containing 5
NQO1 NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase 1
NF-κB Nuclear factor of κ light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
OTU Ovarian tumor domain-containing proteases
PCK Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase 1
PD Primaquine diphosphate
PDGF-BB Platelet-derived growth factor-BB
PDK1 3-Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1
PGC Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator
PI3K Phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase
PiT1 Phosphate inorganic transporter 1
PKA cAMP-dependent kinase
POMC Proopiomelanocortin
PPARγ Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ
PRDX3 Peroxiedoxin-3
PSMD 26S Proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit
RAC1 RAS-related C3 botulinus toxin substrate 1
RAGE Receptor for AGEs
RIPK Receptor-interacting protein kinase 1
ROS Reactive oxygen species
shRNA Short hairpin RNA
Sirt Sirtuin
SORT Sterol O-acetyltransferase
SPAG5 Sperm-associated antigen 5
SPAG-AS1 SPAG-antisense1
SRA-1 Class A1 scavenger receptor
SREBP1c Sterol regulatory element binding protein 1c
STAT Signal transducer and activator of transcription
STZ Streptozotocin
TAK1 Transforming growth factor-β activated kinase 1
T1DM Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
T2DM Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
TEC Tubular epithelial cell
TGF-β Transforming growth factor-β
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor-α
TRAF6 Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6
Treg Regulatory T-cell
UBA Ubiquitin-associated domain
UCH Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase
UIM Ubiquitin-interacting motif
UPS Ubiquitin–proteasome system
USP Ubiquitin-specific protease
VCAM1 Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
VEGF Vascular endothelial cell growth factor
VMH Ventromedial hypothalamus
VLDL Very low-density lipoprotein
WT-1 William tumor-1
ZNF638 Zinc finger protein 638
ZnF-UBP Zinc finger ubiquitin-specific protease domain
ZUFSP Zinc finger and UFSP domain protein