5xFAD	Transgenic Alzheimer’s disease mouse model
ABCA1	ATP-binding cassette transporter A1
ABCG1	ATP-binding cassette transporter G1
ACAT1	Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase 1
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
APOE	Apolipoprotein E
APOJ (CLU)	Apolipoprotein J (Clusterin)
APP/PS1	APP/Presenilin-1 double-transgenic AD mouse
ARMs	Activated response microglia
AXL	AXL receptor tyrosine kinase
Aβ	Amyloid beta
CAII	Carbonic anhydrase II
CCL2/CCR2	C-C chemokine ligand 2/C-C chemokine receptor 2
CD68	Cluster of Differentiation 68
CE	Cholesteryl ester
CLEC7A	C-type lectin domain containing 7A
CNS	Central nervous system
CSF1/CSF1R	Colony-stimulating factor 1/colony-stimulating factor 1 receptor
CST7	Cystatin F
CX3CL1/CX3CR1	C-X3-C chemokine ligand 1/C-X3-C chemokine receptor 1
cGAS	Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase
DAMs	Disease-associated microglia
DHCR24	24-Dehydrocholesterol reductase
EAE	Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
EVT	Endovascular thrombectomy
FDFT1 (SQS)	Farnesyl-diphosphate farnesyltransferase 1 (Squalene synthase)
HLA-DR	Human leukocyte antigen D-related
HR	Hazard ratio
Iba1	Ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1
IGF-1	Insulin-like growth factor-1
IL	Interleukin
IL-1β	Interleukin-1 beta
IL-4	Interleukin-4
IL-6	Interleukin-6
IL-10	Interleukin-10
IL-34	Interleukin-34
ITGAX	Integrin alpha X (CD11c)
LD	Lipid droplet
LDAMs	Lipid droplet–accumulating microglia
LPL	Lipoprotein lipase
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
LXR	Liver X receptor
MAC3	Lysosomal glycoprotein (microglia/macrophage marker)
MBP	Myelin basic protein
MCI	Mild cognitive impairment
MGnD	Microglial neurodegenerative phenotype
MMP	Matrix metalloproteinase
mRS	Modified Rankin Scale
NLRP	NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing (e.g., NLRP3 inflammasome)
NPC2	Niemann-Pick disease type C2 protein
OPN	Osteopontin
OxPCs	Oxidized phosphatidylcholines
P2RY12/P2RY13	Purinergic receptor P2Y12/P2Y13
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SAMP8	Senescence-accelerated mouse prone 8
SASP	Senescence-associated secretory phenotype
sTREM2	Soluble TREM2
SPP1	Secreted phosphoprotein 1
STING	Stimulator of interferon genes
tMCAO	Transient middle cerebral artery occlusion
TAM	Tyro3-Axl-Mer tyrosine kinase receptor family
TGF	Transforming growth factor
TMEM119	Transmembrane protein 119
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TREM2	Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells-2
TYROBP (DAP12)	TYRO protein tyrosine kinase-binding protein
WAMs	White matter-associated microglia