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. 2023 Nov 3;24(21):15946. doi: 10.3390/ijms242115946
Abbreviation Definition
AAV Adeno-associated viral vector.
AAV1 Adeno-associated viral vector serotype 1.
AAV9 Adeno-associated viral vector serotype 9.
AD Alzheimer’s disease.
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
ALSP Adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia.
Amyloid-β.
BBB Blood–brain barrier.
bvFTD Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia.
CNS Central nervous system.
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid.
CTSD Cathepsin D.
ERK/p90RSK Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase/90 kiladalton ribosomal s6 kinase.
FTD Frontotemporal dementia.
FTD-GRN Frontotemporal dementia caused by progranulin gene mutation.
FTLD Frontotemporal lobar degeneration.
FUS Fused in sarcoma.
GCase β -glucocerebrosidase.
GRN Progranulin gene.
iMG iPSC microglia.
iPSC Induced pluripotent stem cells.
LATE Limbic-predominant age-related transactivation response deoxyribonucleic acid binding protein 43 encephalopathy.
LOF Loss of function.
LRP1 Low-density lipoprotein receptor-related protein.
M6PR Mannose 6-phosphate receptor.
MCI Mild cognitive impairment.
MS Multiple sclerosis.
MS4A Membrane-spanning 4-domains subfamily A.
NCL Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis.
NFT Neurofibrillary tangles.
nfvPPA Non-fluent variant primary progressive aphasia.
PD Parkinson’s disease.
PET Positron emission tomography.
PGRN Progranulin.
PI3K/Akt Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B.
PPA Primary progressive aphasia.
PSAP Prosaposin.
ROS Reactive oxygen species.
SLPI Secretory leukocyte peptidase inhibitor.
SOD1 Superoxide dismutase type 1.
sPLA2-IIA Type IIA secreted phospholipase A2.
svPPA Semantic variant primary progressive aphasia.
TDP-43 Transactivation response deoxyribonucleic acid binding protein 43.
TFEB Transcription factor EB.
TNF Tumor necrosis factor.
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha.
TNFR1 Tumor necrosis factor receptor 1.
TNFR2 Tumor necrosis factor receptor 2.
Tregs Regulatory T cells.
sTREM2 Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2.
TREM2 Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2.
Vps10p Vacuolar protein sorting 10 protein.
WBC White blood cell.