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. 2023 Sep 23;13(10):1954. doi: 10.3390/life13101954
a.a. Amino acid
Amyloid-β peptide
AD Alzheimer’s Disease
AGD Argyrophilic grain disease
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
APP Amyloid precursor protein
BBB Blood–brain barrier
CAA Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
CBD Corticobasal degeneration
CPE Carboxypeptidase E
CNS Central nervous system
Cryo-EM Cryo-electron microscopy
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
CTR Calcitonin receptor
DLB Dementia with Lewi bodies
EPR Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy
FRET Förster resonance energy transfer
FTLD Frontotemporal lobar degeneration
FTLD-TDP TDP-43 positive frontotemporal lobar degeneration
GCI Glial cytoplasmic inclusions
GRD Glycine-rich domain
GSK Glycogen synthase kinase
HEK293 Human embryonic kidney 293 cells
IAPP Islet amyloid polypeptide
IDE Insulin-degrading enzyme
LB Lewy bodies
LBDs Lewy body diseases
LCOs Luminescent conjugated oligothiophenes
LN Lewy neurites
MSA Multiply system atrophy
NAC Non-amyloid component
NES Nuclear export signal
NFTs Neurofibrillary tangles
NLS Nuclear localization signal
NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy
NTs Neuropil threads
PAGE Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis
PART Primary age-related tauopathy
PAM Peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase
PD Parkinson’s disease
PDD Parkinson’s disease dementia
PiD Pick’s Disease
PMCA Protein Misfolding Cyclic Amplification technique
PK Proteinase K
PrP Prion protein
PSP Progressive supranuclear palsy
PTMs Post-translational modifications
RAMP3 Receptor activity modifying protein 3
RBD RNA-binding domain
RNP Ribonuclear protein
α-Syn α-Synuclein
SDS Sodium dodecyl sulphate
SUMO Small Ubiquitin-like Modifier
T1DM Type I diabetes mellitus
T2DM Type II diabetes mellitus
TDP-43 Transactive response DNA-binding protein of 43 kDa
TMEM106B Transmembrane protein 106B