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. 2019 Sep 23;20(19):4704. doi: 10.3390/ijms20194704
PrPC Cellular prion protein
Amyloid beta
AD Alzheimer’s disease
APP Aβ precursor protein
PRNP PrP gene
PrPSc Prion protein infectious isoform
BSE Bovine encephalopathies
CJD Creutzfeldt–Jacob diseases
GSS Gerstman–Sträussler–Scheinker
FFI Fatal familial insomnia
GPI Glycosylphosphatidylinositol
HD Hydrophobic domain
FTD Frontotemporal dementia
Hpl Human platelet lysate
ctm C-terminus transmembrane
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
HRdup Hydrophobic region duplication
PS1 Presenilin 1
PS2 Presenilin 2
BACE1 Beta secretase 1
MAMs Mitochondrial-ER associated membranes
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance
TM Transmembrane
CLU Clusterin
CR1 Complement component 3b/4b receptor 1
TREM2 Triggering receptor myeloid 2 cells
APOE Apolipoprotein E
SORL-1 Sortilin related receptor 1
TGF-β Transforming growth factor-beta
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
SiglecF Sialic acid binding Ig-like lectin F
CD200R Cell surface transmembrane glycoprotein CD200 receptor 1
Fcg Fragment crystallizable gamma receptor
MFGE-8 Milk fat globule—epidermal growth factor—factor VIII
CD14 Cluster of differentiation 14
SCFAs Short-chain fatty acids
LPS Lipopolysaccharide
SPF Specific pathogen free
WHO World Health Organization
NFTs Neurofibrillary tangles
TMAO Trimethylamine N-oxide