| 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. |
| Aβ | 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. |