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. 2026 Oct 1;27(19):8802. doi: 10.3390/ijms27198802
Ac-YVAD-cmk Acetyl-Tyr-Val-Ala-Asp chloromethyl ketone
AIM2 Absent in melanoma 2
AIS American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale
ASC Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase activation and recruitment domain
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
BBB Blood–brain barrier
BSCB Blood–spinal cord barrier
C1q Complement component 1q
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
DAMP Damage-associated molecular pattern
ESCRT Endosomal sorting complex required for transport
ESCRT-III Endosomal sorting complex required for transport III
GFAP Glial fibrillary acidic protein
GSDMD Gasdermin D
HMGB1 High-mobility group box 1
ICE Interleukin-1β-converting enzyme
IL Interleukin
IL-1R Interleukin-1 receptor
LDH Lactate dehydrogenase
MAP2 Microtubule-associated protein 2
MAVS Mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein
MBP Myelin basic protein
MDP Muramyl dipeptide
mRNA Messenger RNA
NEK7 NIMA-related kinase 7
NF-H Neurofilament heavy chain
NF-κB Nuclear factor kappa B
NfL Neurofilament light chain
N-GSDMD N-terminal gasdermin D fragment
NINJ1 Nerve injury-induced protein 1
NLRP1 NLR family pyrin domain containing 1
NLRP3 NLR family pyrin domain containing 3
NOD2 Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-containing protein 2
NSE Neuron-specific enolase
PAMP Pathogen-associated molecular pattern
PEA15 Phosphoprotein enriched in astrocytes 15
PMNL Polymorphonuclear leukocyte
PMR Plasma-membrane rupture
ROS Reactive oxygen species
S100B S100 calcium-binding protein B
SBDP αII-spectrin breakdown product
SCI Spinal cord injury
TLR Toll-like receptor
TNF Tumor necrosis factor
TNFR Tumor necrosis factor receptor
TPI1 Triosephosphate isomerase 1
TUNEL Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling
UCH-L1 Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L1
XIAP X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein