| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| Aβ | Amyloid beta peptide |
| AGEs | Advanced glycation end products |
| ALDH | Aldehyde dehydrogenase |
| ANGPTL-4 | Angiopoietin Like 4 |
| APP | Amyloid precursor protein |
| BDNF | Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor |
| CEL | N-(carboxyethyl)-L-lysine |
| CML | N-(1-carboxymethyl)-L-lysine |
| CSF | Cerebrospinal fluid |
| ES | Early stage of Alzheimer’s disease |
| EVs | Extracellular vesicles |
| GO | Glyoxal |
| GAPDH | Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GSH | Reduced glutathione |
| GLO | Glyoxalase |
| GOLD | Glyoxal-lysine dimer |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatographic |
| Icv | Intracerebroventricular |
| LCN2 | Lipocalin-2 |
| LS | Late stage of Alzheimer’s disease |
| LSD | Least significant difference |
| 2-MQ | 2-methylquinoxaline |
| 5-MQ | 5-methylquinoxaline |
| MCI | Mild cognitive impairment |
| MMP-9 | Matrix metallopeptidase 9 |
| MG | Methylglyoxal |
| MMSE | Mini-Mental State Examination |
| MoCA | Montreal Cognitive Assessment |
| MOLD | Methylglyoxal-lysine dimer |
| MS | Moderate stage of Alzheimer’s disease |
| NFTs | Neurofibrillary tangles |
| NSE | Neuron specific enolase |
| nEVs | Neuronal derived-extracellular vesicles |
| O-PD | O-Phenylenediamine |
| PRGN | Progranulin |
| PTX2 | Pentraxin 2 |
| RAGE | Receptor for advanced glycation end products |
| ROC | Receiver-operating characteristic curves |
| SSAO | Semicarbazidesensitive amine oxidase |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| TSG101 | Tumor susceptibility gene 101 |