AGS	Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome
AhR	aryl hydrocarbon receptor
APC	antigen presenting cells
BBB	blood brain barrier
BM	bone marrow
CNS	central nervous system
CSF	cerebrospinal fluid
CSF-1	colony-stimulating factor-1
DAMP	damage-associated molecular pattern
DC	dendritic cell
DDX	DEAD-box helicase
EAE	experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
GFP	green fluorescence protein
HSVTK	herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase
iDTR	inducible diphtheria toxin receptor
IFN	interferon
IFNAR	interferon α receptor
iNOS	inducible nitric oxide synthase
IRF	interferon regulatory factor
ISG	interferon-stimulated gene
JAK	Janus kinase
LPS	lipopolysaccharide
MIF	macrophage migration inhibitory factor
MDM	Monocyte-derived macrophages
MiDM	Microglia-derived macrophages
MOG	myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein
MRI	magnetic resonance imaging
MS	multiple sclerosis
NK cell	natural killer cell
NMO	neuromyelitis optica
OPC	oligodendrocyte progenitor cells
OSC	organotypic slice cultures
PAMP	pathogen-associated molecular pattern
PET	positron emission tomography
poly(I:C)	polyinosinic:polycytidylic acid
PPMS	primary-progressive multiple sclerosis
PRR	pattern recognition receptor
RFP	red fluorescence protein
RLH	Retinoic acid inducible gene (RIG)-I like helicase
RRMS	relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis
Runx1	Runt-related transcription factor 1
SOCS	suppressor of cytokine signaling
STAT	signal transducer and activator of transcription
TGFα	transforming growth factor α
Th cell	T helper cell
TLR	toll-like receptor
TNF	tumor necrosis factor
TREM2	triggering receptor also expressed on myeloid cells-2
TRIF	TIR domain containing adapter inducing interferon beta
TSPO	translocator protein
USP	ubiquitin specific protease
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
VLA-4	very late antigen-4
WT	wildtype
YFP	yellow fluorescence protein
YS	yolk sac