ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
cGAS–STING	Cyclic GMP-AMP synthase–stimulator of interferon genes
CNV	Copy number variant
DAMP	Damage-associated molecular pattern
DSB	Double-strand break
FTD	Frontotemporal degeneration
FUS	Fused in sarcoma
HERV	Human endogenous retrovirus
hESC	Human embryonic stem cells
HRE	Hexanucleotide repeat expansion
LAD	Lamina-associated domain
IFN	Interferon
IL	Interleukin
IRF	Interferon regulatory factors
LINE-1	Long interspersed nuclear element-1
LTR	Long terminal repeats
NCT	Nucleocytoplasmic transport
NPC	Neural progenitor cells
ORF	Open reading frame
RBP	RNA-binding protein
RC-L1	Retrotransposition-competent LINE-1
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RT	Reverse transcriptase
SINE	Short interspersed nuclear element
TBK1	TANK-binding kinase 1
TDP-43	TAR DNA-binding protein 43
TE	Transposable element
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TPRT	Target-primed reverse transcription
TREX1	Three prime repair exonuclease 1