| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AAV | adeno-associated virus |
| BBB | blood–brain barrier |
| BDNF | brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CRISPR | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| CX3CL1 | C-X3-C motif chemokine ligand 1 |
| CX3CR1 | C-X3-C motif chemokine receptor 1 |
| DAM | disease-associated microglia |
| DCX | doublecortin |
| DG | dentate gyrus |
| EVs | extracellular vesicles |
| IFN-γ | interferon-gamma |
| IL-1β | interleukin-1 beta |
| IL-18 | interleukin-18 |
| iPSC | induced pluripotent stem cell |
| JAK/STAT1 | janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 |
| MCC950 | nlrp3 inflammasome inhibitor mcc950 |
| MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
| NLRP3 | nod-like receptor protein 3 |
| NSAID | non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug |
| NSPCs | neural stem and progenitor cells |
| PET | positron emission tomography |
| PSA-NCAM | polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| SVZ | subventricular zone |
| TBI | traumatic brain injury |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| TSPO | translocator protein 18 kDa |
| Wnt | wingless-related integration site signaling pathway |