CNS	Central nervous system
EAAT1 and EAAT2	Excitatory amino acid transporters 1 and 2
GLAST	Glutamate–aspartate transporter
GLT-1	Glutamate transporter-1
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
VGLUT1 and VGLUT2	Vesicular glutamate transporters 1 and 2
V-ATPase	Vacuolar (H+) ATPase
VAMP2 and VAMP3	Vesicle-associated membrane protein 2 and 3
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
SNAP23	Soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attachment protein 23
HIV	Human immunodeficiency virus
MS	Multiple sclerosis
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
PD	Parkinson’s disease
NLRs	NOD-like receptors
NF-κB	Nuclear factor-κB
NLRX1	NOD-like receptor X1
IBD	Inflammatory bowel disease
EAE	Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
WT	Wild-type
Nlrx1-/-	Nlrx1 knockout
dFBS	Deactivated fetal bovine serum
DMSO	Dimethyl sulfoxide
HBSS	Hank’s Balanced Salt Solution
qPCR	Quantitative real-time PCR
PBS	Phosphate-buffered saline
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
DHR	Dihydrorhodamine 123
mtDNA	Mitochondrial DNA
SEM	Standard error of the mean
2-APB	2-Aminoethyl diphenylborinate
IP3	Inositol-1,4,5-trisphosphate
CsA	Cyclosporin A
PKC	Protein kinase C
AA	Arachidonic acid
SH group	Sulfhydryl group
TCA	Tricarboxylic acid