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. 2017 May 31;18(6):1168. doi: 10.3390/ijms18061168
ABAD Aβ-binding alcohol dehydrogenase
AD Alzheimer’s disease
AMPA α-Amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazole-propionic acid
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
APP Amyloid precursor protein
ARE Antioxidant response element
ASK1 Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1
ATF6 Activating transcription factor 6
ATG Autophagy-related protein
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
BACE1 β-Secretase 1
BBB Blood brain barrier
Bcl-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BIM Bcl-2 interacting mediator of cell death
BVRs Biliverdin reductases
CaMKII Calmodulin-dependent kinase II
CHOP10 C/EBP homologous protein-10
COX Cytochrome c oxidase
CREB cAMP response element binding protein
CypD Cyclophilin D
cyt c Cytochrome c
7,8-DHF 7,8-dihydroxyflavone
eIF2α eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2α
ER endoplasmic reticulum
ERK extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ERO1α ER oxidase 1α
F2-IsoPs F2-isoprostanes
FAK focal adhesion kinase
FGF fibroblast growth factor
FGL flbroblast growth loop
FIP200 FAK-family interacting protein 200
GADD34 Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein 34
GAP-43 Growth-associated protein 43
GCI Global cerebral ischemia
GCLM Glutathione cysteine ligase modulatory subunit
GCLC Glutathione cysteine ligase regulatory subunit
γ-GCS γ-Glutamyl cysteine sythetase
GPx Glutathione peroxidase
GR Glutathione reductase
GRP78 Glucose-regulated protein 78
Grx Glutaredoxin
GS Glutathione synthetase
GSH Glutathione
GST Glutathione S-transferase
4HNE 4-Hydroxy-2-nonenal
HO-1 Heme oxygenase 1
Hsp70 70-kDa Heat shock protein
IDE Insulin-degrading enzyme
IGF Insulin-like growth factor
IR Insulin receptor
IRE1α Inositol-requiring kinase 1α
IRS Insulin receptor substrate
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
Keap1 Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
LTD Long-term depression
LTP Long-term potentiation
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MDA Malondialdehyde
MEK MAPK/ERK kinase
mETC Mitochondrial electron transport chain
MMP Mitochondrial membrane potential
mPTP Mitochondrial permeability transition pore
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
mTORC mTOR complex
NADP Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NCAM1 Neural cell adhesion molecule 1
NFTs Neurofibrillary tangles
NMDA N-Methyl-d-aspartate
NQO1 Quinone recycling (NAD(P)H:quinoneoxidoreductase 1
Nrf2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2 [NF-E2]-related factor 2,
6-OHDA 6-Hydroxydopamine
8-OHdG 8-Hydroxy-2-deoxyguanine
PDI Protein disulfide isomerase
PERK Protein kinase RNA like ER kinase
PGC1α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma co-activator 1-α
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3 phosphate kinase
PKR Protein kinase double-stranded RNA-dependent
PLC-γ Phospholipase-γ
Prx Peroxiredoxin
PS1 Presenilin 1
PSD-95 Postsynaptic density protein 95
PUMA p53 Upregulated modulator of apoptosis
RAGE Receptor for advanced glycation end-products
RNS Reactive nitrogen species
ROS Reactive oxygen species
SOD Superoxide dismutase
Srx Sulfiredoxin
TBARS Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances
TFAM Transcriptional factor A of mitochondria
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor α
TOM Translocase of the outer membrane
TRAF2 Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2
TrkB Tropomyosin-related kinase B
Trx Thioredoxin, Txnrd; thioredoxin reductase
ULK1 Unc-51 like kinase 1
XBP-1 X-Box binding protein 1