| A cluster of differentiation | CD |
| Alzheimer’s disease | AD |
| Blood–brain barrier | BBB |
| BMSCs-derived exosomes | BMSCs-EXOs |
| Bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells | BMMs |
| Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells | BMSCs |
| Bone morphogenetic proteins | BMPs |
| Bone-derived cytokines | BDCs |
| Brain-derived neurotrophic factor | BDNF |
| Carboxylated osteocalcin | cOCN |
| Central nervous system | CNS |
| Cerebrospinal fluid | CSF |
| chemokine receptor | Cx3cr1 |
| chronic kidney disease | CKD |
| C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 | CXCR4 |
| Cyclooxygenase 2 | COX2 |
| Early growth response protein 1 | Egr1 |
| Exosomes | EXOs |
| Experimental allergic encephalomyelitis | EAE |
| Extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1 and 2 | ERK1/2 |
| Extracellular vesicles | EVs |
| Fibroblast growth factor2 | FGF2 |
| Fibrosarcoma 1 | Raf1 |
| High-mobility group box 1 protein | HMGB1 |
| Hypoxic–ischemic brain damage | HIBD |
| Inducible nitric oxide synthase | iNOS |
| Interferon-γ | IFN-γ |
| Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase1 | IRAK1 |
| Interleukin-6 | IL-6 |
| Intracerebral hemorrhage | ICH |
| Ischemia/reperfusion | I/R |
| Ischemic stroke | IS |
| Klotho | KL |
| Knockout | KO |
| Lipocalin-2 | LCN2 |
| Malondialdehyde | MDA |
| Matrix metalloproteinase | MMP |
| Melanocortin 4 receptor | MC4R |
| Membrane-bound RANKL | mRANKL |
| Mesenchymal stem cell | MSC |
| Multiple sclerosis | MS |
| Nerve growth factor | NGF |
| Neuropeptide Y | NPY |
| Nuclear factor kappa B | NF-κB |
| Nuclear factor of activated T cells 5 | NFAT5 |
| Nuclear factor-κB ligand | RANKL |
| Osteoblasts | Obs |
| Osteocalcin | OCN |
| Osteoclasts | Ocs |
| Oxygen-glucose deprivation/reperfusion | OGD/R |
| Parkinson’s disease | PD |
| PDGF-BB/PDGF receptor | PDGFR β |
| Permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion | pMCAO |
| Phosphatase gene | PTEN |
| Platelet-derived growth factor BB | PDGF-BB |
| Postsynaptic density protein 95 | PSD95 |
| Soluble RANKL | sRANKL |
| Sphingosine-1-phosphate | S1P |
| Streptozotocin | STZ |
| Stromal cell-derived factor 1 | SDF-1 |
| Subarachnoid hemorrhage | SAH |
| Superoxide dismutase | SOD |
| Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase positive | TRAP+ |
| The common carotid arteries | 2VO |
| Toll-like receptor-4 | TLR4 |
| Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion | TMCAO |
| Traumatic brain injuries | TBI |
| Tumor necrosis factor-α | TNF-α |
| Uncarboxylated osteocalcin | ucOCN |
| Vascular endothelial growth factor | VEGF |
| Vitamin D | VD |
| γ-aminobutyric acid | GABA |