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. 2017 Jul 20;18(7):1576. doi: 10.3390/ijms18071576
(Aβ) β-amyloid
ACAT1 Acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase
Akt Serine/threonine protein kinase
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Alzheimer’s disease AD
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
ApoE4 Apolipoprotein E
APP Amyloid precursor protein
ATAD3 AAA domain-containing protein 3
Bak Bcl2 antagonist/killer
Bax Bcl-2 associated X protein
Bcl-2 B-cell CLL/lymphoma 2
Bcl-xL Antiapoptotic protein Bcl-xL
BiP Binding immunoglobulin protein, also known as 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein
CerS Ceramide synthase
cyt. c Cytochrome c
ddFP Dimerization-dependent fluorescent protein
DES Dihydroceramide synthase
DGAT2 Diacylglycerol O-acyltransferase
Drp1 Dynamin-related protein 1
EM Electron microscopy
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
ERMES ER-mitochondria encounter structure
Ero1-α ER oxidoreductin-1 α
ERp44 Endoplasmic reticulum resident protein 44
ERp57 Protein disulfide-isomerase A3, also known as 58-kDa glucose-regulated protein
ET Electron tomography
FACL4/ACS4 Fatty acid CoA ligase 4
FATE1 Fetal and adult testis-expressed transcript protein
FKBP Rapamycin-binding protein
FP Fluorescent protein
FRB FKBP-rapamycin binding domain of mTOR
FRET Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching
FUS RNA-binding protein FUS
GRP75 Glucose-regulated protein 75
HK2 Hexokinase 2
H-Ras GTPase HRas
ICS Image correlation spectroscopy
IP3 Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
IP3R Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor
K-Ras GTPase KRas
MAM Mitochondria-associated membranes
MARCH5/MITOL E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase MARCH5
Mcl-1 Induced myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein Mcl-1
Mcl-1L Mcl-1 long isoform
MCU Mitochondrial calcium uniporter
Mdm36 Mitochondrial distribution and morphology protein 36
MERC Mitochondria-ER contacts
MFN Mitofusin
MiD Mitochondrial dynamics protein
mPTP Mitochondrial permeability transition pore
mtDNA Mitochondrial DNA
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
NF-κB Nuclear factor κB
Num1 Nuclear migration protein 1
OMM Outer mitochondrial membrane
Orai1 ORAI calcium release-activated calcium modulator 1
p53 Tumor protein p53
p66Shc SHC-Transforming protein 1
PA Phosphatidic acid
PAM Plasma membrane-associated membranes
PC Phosphatidylcholine
PE Phosphatidylethanolamine
PEMT2 Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase 2
PERK Protein kinase R (PKR)-like ER kinase
PL Phospholipid
PM Plasma membrane
PML Promyelocytic leukemia protein
PP2A Serine/threonine-protein phosphatase PP2A
Preg Pregnolone
PS Phosphatidylserine
PSD PS decarboxylase
PSS1 PS synthase 1
PSS2 PS synthase 2
PTEN Phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10
ROS Reactive oxygen species
Sar1 Small COPII coat GTPase 1
SARA1 Mammalian homolog of Sar1
SCD1 Stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 SCD1
SERCA Sarco/endoplasmatic reticulum calcium ATPase
Sig1R Sigma non-opioid intracellular receptor 1
SMAC/DIABLO Second mitochondria-derived activator of caspases/direct IAP-binding protein with low PI
SMase Sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase
SOAT1 Acyl-CoA:sterol O-acyltransferase
SOC Store-operated calcium entry
SOD1 Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase
StAR Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein
STIM1 Stromal interaction molecule 1
T2DM Diabetes mellitus type 2
TDP-43 TAR DNA-binding protein 43
Tom20 Mitochondrial import receptor subunit TOM20
Ulk1 Unc-51-like kinase 1
UPR Unfolded protein response
VAPB Vesicle-associated membrane protein-associated protein B/C
VCP Transitional endoplasmic reticulum ATPase
VDAC Voltage-dependent anion channel
VDAC2 Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel protein 2