| PCBs | Polychlorinated biphenyls |
| POPs | persistent organic pollutants |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| NDL-PCBs | non-dioxin-like PCBs |
| DL-PCBs | dioxin-like PCBs |
| AhR | aryl hydrocarbon receptor |
| TCDD | 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin |
| AD | Alzheimer Disease |
| RNA-seq | RNA sequencing |
| DMSO | Dimethyl sulfoxide |
| RA | retinoic acid |
| DEGs | differentially expressed genes |
| GLM | generalized linear models |
| FDR | False Discovery Rate |
| GO | Gene Ontology |
| ORA | Over-Representation Analysis |
| STRING | Search Tool for the Retrieval of Interacting Genes/Proteins |
| PPI | protein-protein interaction |
| CTRL | untreated control |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| FC | Fold Change |
| BP | Biological processes |
| MF | molecular function |
| CC | cellular component |
| UPS | ubiquitin-proteasome system |
| ALP | autophagy-lysosome pathway |
| sHSPs | small heat-shock proteins |
| ATG | autophagy-related proteins |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide assay |