ABBREVIATIONS
- AE2
Anion exchanger 2
- AIP
Autoimmune pancreatitis
- ALP
Alkaline phosphatase
- ALT
Alanine aminotransferase;
- AMAs
Antimitochondrial antibodies
- ANIT
Alpha-naphthylisothiocyanate
- APRI
Aspartate-to-Platelet Ratio Index
- ARFI
Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse
- AST
Aspartate AminoTransferase
- AST/ALT
Aspartate aminotransferase/alanine aminotransferase ratio index
- AUROC
Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve
- BMI
Body mass index
- CAP
Controlled attenuation parameter
- CFTR
Cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator
- CHB
Chronic hepatitis B
- CHC
Chronic hepatitis C
- CI
Confidence interval
- CLDs
Chronic liver diseases
- CRBP
Cellular retinol-binding proteins
- CRC
Colorectal cancer
- CTGF
Connective tissue growth factor
- DCC
3.5-diethoxycarbonyl-1.4-dihydrocollidine
- ECM
Extracellular matrix
- EMT
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
- ERCP
Endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreaticography
- ETM
Epithelial-mesenchymal transition
- FGF-2
Fibroblast growth factor-2
- FLI
Fatty liver index
- FT
FibroTest®
- G1
Genotype 1
- GFAP
Glial fibrillary acidic protein
- GGT
Gamma-Glutamyl Transpeptidase
- Gnt-V
N-acetyl glucosaminyltransferase V
- HBV
Hepatitis B virus
- HCC
Hepatocellular carcinomas
- HCV
Hepatitis C virus
- HD
Hemodialysis
- HGF
Hepatocyte growth factor
- HSC
Hepatic stellate cells
- IGF1
Insulin-like growth factor 1
- ILK
Integrin-linked kinase
- IQR
Interquartile range
- KO
Knockout
- kPa
Kilopascal
- KS
King’s score
- LB
Liver biopsy
- LRAT
Lecithin-retinol acyltransferase
- LSM
Liver Stiffness Measurement
- LXR
Liver X receptor
- MCP-1
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
- MFs
Myofibroblasts
- MRCP
Magnetic resonance cholangio-pancreaticography
- NAFLD
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
- NASH
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
- NGF
Nerve growth factor
- NPV
Negative predictive value
- OR
Odds ratio
- pANCA
Perinuclear antineutrophil cytoplasmatic antibody
- PBC
Primary biliary cirrhosis
- PDC-E2
E2 subunit of pyruvate dehydrogenase complex
- PDGF
Platelet-derived growth factor
- PPARγ
Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor γ
- PPV
Positive predictive value;
- PSC
Primary sclerosing cholangitis
- PT
Prothrombin time
- RI
Ribonuclease inhibitor
- ROI
Region of interest
- SF
Significant fibrosis
- SSI
Supersonic shear imaging
- STAP
Stellate cell activation-associated protein
- TE
Transient elastography
- TGFβ
Transforming growth factor β
- UDCA
Ursodeoxycholic acid
- US
Ultrasonography
- VCTE
Vibration-controlled transient elastography
- VDR
Farnesoid X receptor (FXR), vitamin D receptor
- VEGF
Vascular endothelial growth factor