| ARE | Antioxidant responsive elements |
| ALP | Autophagic-Lysosomal Pathway |
| ATF6 | Activating Transcription Factor 6 |
| ATG | Autophagy related protein |
| Bip | Binding-Immunoglobulin Protein |
| BNIP3L | BCL2 Interacting Protein 3 Like |
| β-TrCP | Beta-Transducin Repeat Containing E3 Ubiquitin Protein Ligase |
| CZM | Capzimin |
| CLEAR | Coordinated Lysosomal Expression and Regulation |
| CRLs | Cullin-containing RING-finger ligases |
| CUE5 | Coupling of ubiquitin to ER degradation |
| DDI-2 | DNA Damage Inducible 1 Homolog 2 |
| DUBs | Deubiquitinase enzymes |
| EIF2α | Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 alpha |
| ER | Endoplasmic Reticulum |
| ERAD | ER-associated degradation |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| FoxO3 | Forkhead box O3 |
| GABARAP | Gamma-aminobutyric acid receptor-associated protein |
| GCLC | Glutamate cysteine ligase catalytic subunit |
| GPX-1 | Glutathione peroxidase 1 |
| GRP-78 | Glucose-Regulated Protein, 78kDa |
| HECT | Homologous to E6-AP carboxy terminus |
| HDAC6 | Histone deacetylase 6 |
| HO-1 | Heme oxygenase-1 |
| Htt | Huntingtin |
| IBD | Inflammatory bowel disease |
| IRE1 | Inositol-requiring enzyme 1 |
| LIR | LC3-interacting region |
| MHC | Major histocompatibility complex |
| MAPLC3 | Microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 |
| MTOC | Microtubule-organizing center |
| NBR1 | Neighbor of BRCA1 gene |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor kappa B |
| NIX | NIP-3-Like Protein X |
| Nrf1 | Nuclear respiratory factor 1 |
| Nrf2 | Nuclear factor erythroid 2 |
| O-GlcNAc | O-linked N-acetylglucosamine |
| OGT | O-linked N-acetylglucosamine transferase |
| OPA | O-phenanthroline |
| PA | Proteasome activator |
| PB1 | Phox and Bem1 domain |
| PE | Phosphatidylethanolamine |
| PERK | Protein kinase R like endoplasmic reticulum kinase |
| PI | Proteasome inhibitor |
| PolyQ-Htt | Htt with polyQ repeats |
| PTMs | Post-translational modifications |
| RING | Really interesting new gene |
| RP | Regulatory Particle |
| Rpn | Regulatory particle of non-ATPase subunit |
| Rpt | Regulatory particle of triple-A subunit |
| SG | Stress granules |
| SQSTM1 | Sequestosome |
| SOD1 | Superoxide dismutase 1 |
| TFEB | Transcription factor EB |
| THL | Thiolutin |
| Ub | Ubiquitin |
| UBA | Ub-associated domain |
| UPS | Ubiquitin-Proteasome System |
| USP14 | Ubiquitin specific protease 14 |
| UVRAG | UV Radiation Resistance-Associated Gene Protein |
| VCP | Valosin-containing protein |
| XBP-1 | X-box binding protein 1 |