ACO	Aconitase
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
Aβ	β-amyloid peptide
BBB	Blood brain barrier
CCS	Copper chaperones for superoxide dismutase
CP	Ceruloplasmin
CTR1	Copper Transporter-1
Cu	Copper
DAergic	Dopaminergic
DMT1	Divalent metal transporter-1
EDS	Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
Fe	Iron
FRDA	Friedreich’s ataxia
FXN	Frataxin
HD	Huntington’s disease
Htt	Huntingtin
IRE	Iron-responsive element
IRP	Iron regulatory protein
ISC	Iron-sulfur cluster
LH1	Lysyl hydroxylase
MCO	Multicopper oxidase
Mef-2	Myocyte enhancer factor-2
MRE	Metal response elements
MTF-1	Metal-responsive transcription factor-1
PD	Parkinson’s disease
Pdk1	Protein kinase-1
polyQ	Polyglutamine
QTL	Quantitative trait locus
RNAi	RNA interference
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SCD-EDS	Spondylocheirodysplasia form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
SNpc	Substantia nigra pars compacta
SOD	Superoxide dismutase
TF	Transferrin
Zn	Zinc