| 6-OHDA | 6-Hydroxydopamine |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| ADF | Actin depolymerizing factor |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| ASK1 | Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 |
| ATF | Activating transcription factor |
| ATG | Autophagy related |
| BCL | B-cell lymphoma |
| BIM | BCL-2 interacting mediator of cell death |
| CDC14 | Cell division cycle 14 |
| CDK | Cyclin-dependent kinase |
| CEBP/β | CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein β |
| CHOP | C/EBP homologous protein |
| DUSP | Dual-specificity phosphatase |
| eIF2α | Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 α |
| EGFR | Epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EPM2A | Epilepsy, Progressive Myoclonus type 2A (the gene encodes Laforin) |
| ERK | Extracellular signal–regulated kinase |
| HD | Huntington’s disease |
| HSF | Heat shock factor |
| Hsp | Heat shock protein |
| HSR | Heat shock response |
| IP3R | Inositol trisphosphate receptor |
| IRE1α | Inositol-requiring enzyme 1 |
| JIP | JNK-interacting protein-1 |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal kinase |
| LC3 | Microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3 |
| LIMK | Lin11, Isl-1 and Mec-3 domain kinase |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MK-2 | MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 |
| MKP | MAPK phosphatase |
| MOMP | Mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization |
| mTORC1 | Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 |
| OxR | Oxidative stress |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PERK | Protein kinase RNA-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase |
| PI(5)P | Phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphate |
| PI3K/AKT | Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Protein kinase B |
| PIP3 | Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5 trisphosphate |
| PN | Proteostasis network |
| PP2B | Protein phosphatase 2B |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| PTP | Protein tyrosine phosphatase |
| PUMA | p53 Upregulated modulator of apoptosis |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RYR | Ryanodine receptor |
| SSH | Slingshot protein phosphatase |
| STAT | Signal transducer and activator of transcription |
| STEP | Striatal-enriched protein tyrosine phosphatase |
| STYX(L1) | Serine/threonine/tyrosine-interacting-like protein |
| ULK | Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase |
| VH1 | Vaccinia virus H1 phosphatase |