AD	Alzheimer’s disease
Aβ	Amyloid beta
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
BAM	Border-associated macrophage
BBB	Blood–brain barrier
BCB	Blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier
CD	Cluster of differentiation
CNS	Central nervous system
CSF	Cerebrospinal fluid
Dap12	DNAX activation protein of 12 kDa
LGALS9	Galectin-9
HA	Hyaluronan
HMW	High molecular weight
HT7R	Hydroxytryptamine Receptor 7
EAE	Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
EMT	Epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition
EAAT	Excitatory amino-acid transporter
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
LTP	Long-term potentiation
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
MS	Multiple sclerosis
NMJ	Neuromuscular junction
NSC	Neural stem cell
OPN	Osteopontin
OPC	Oligodendrocyte progenitor cell
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PI3K/AKT	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/protein kinase B
PK	Protein kinase
PMCA	Plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase
PNS	Peripheral nervous system
RNA-seq	RNA-sequencing
SLC7A11	Cystine/glutamate antiporter xCT
SRGN	Serglycin
SLYM	Subarachnoid lymphatic-like membrane
TEER	Transepithelial electrical resistance
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
TREM	Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor