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. 2025 Sep 18;26(18):9098. doi: 10.3390/ijms26189098
3-HA 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid
3-HK 3-hydroxykynurenine
AMPK AMP activated protein kinase
amyloid beta-protein
ATG Autophagy
cAMP cyclic-AMP
CD157 ADP-ribosyl cyclase
CD38 NAD+ hydrolase
CHIP C-terminus of Hsc70 interacting protein (STUB1); mediates Tau degradation
CREB cAMP response element-binding protein
EGCG epigallocatechin gallate
FK866 NAMPT inhibitor
HAAO 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid 3,4-dioxygenase
Htt Huntingtin aggregates
HSF Heat shock factor
IDO indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
KFase kynurenine formamidase
KMO kynurenine 3-monooxygenase
KYNU L-kynurenine hydrolase
L-KYN L-kynurenine
L-Trp L-tryptophan
MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase
NA nicotinic acid, nicotinate
NaAD deamido-NAD+
NAD+ nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NADS NAD+ synthetase
NAM nicotinamide
NaMN nicotinic acid mononucleotide
NAMPT nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase
NAPRT nicotinic acid phosphoribosyl transferase
NAT N-terminal acetyl transferase
NFK N-formylkynurenine
NMN nicotinamide mononucleotide
NMNAT nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyl transferase
NR nicotinamide riboside
NRK NR kinase; converts NR to NMN
PARP poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
PI3K phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PKA protein kinase A; a nutrient sensing protein kinase
Pnc1 nicotinamidase, yeast
PncA nicotinamidase, bacterial
PP2A protein phosphatase 2A
PPDPF progenitor cell differentiation and proliferation factor
QA quinolinic acid, quinolinate
QPRT quinolinate phosphoribosyl transferase
SAM S-adenosylmethionine
SARM1 NAD+ hydrolase
SIRT1 sirtuin 1, NAD+-dependent protein deacetylase
SIRT3 sirtuin 3, NAD+-dependent protein deacetylase
Tau a microtubule-associated protein (MAP)
pTau phosphorylated tau, tends to aggregate in degenerating neurons
TDO tryptophan 2,3-dioxygenase
TOR Target of rapamycin; a nutrient sensing protein kinase
Urh1 nucleosidase; Meu1, Urh1, Pnp1 are nucleosidases that convert NR to NAM
Wlds Ube4b-mNMNAT1 fusion protein; suppresses Wallerian degeneration