| HERVs | Human Endogenous Retroviruses |
| LTRs | Long Terminal Repeats |
| LINEs | Long interspersed nuclear elements |
| RT | Reverse transcriptase |
| ncRNAs | Non-coding RNA |
| HEMO | Human endogenous MER34 (medium reiteration-frequency-family-34) ORF |
| HSV | Herpesviruses |
| HERV-W/MSRV | Human endogenous retrovirus W/ Multiple Sclerosis-associated retrovirus |
| EBV | Epstein Barr virus |
| HHV-6 | Human herpesvirus 6 |
| MS | Multiple sclerosis |
| HTLV-1 | Human T-lymphotropic virus-1 |
| HIV-1 | Human immunodeficiency virus-1 |
| AIDS | Acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| PBMCs | Peripheral blood mononuclear cells |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| IFN-γ | Interferon-γ |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha |
| IL-1α | Interleukin-1alpha |
| IL-1β | Interleukin-1β |
| PHA | Phytohemagglutinin |
| PMA | Horbol-12-myristate-13-acetate |
| HDACi | Inhibitors of the histone deacetylase |
| VPA | Valproic acid |
| UV | Ultraviolet irradiations |
| SLE | Systemic lupus erythematosus |
| RA | Rheumatoid arthritis |
| TLR4 | Toll-Like Receptor 4 |
| ASD | Autism spectrum disorders |
| ADHD | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder |
| SCZ | Schizophrenia |
| NDDs | Neurodevelopmental disorders |
| BD | Bipolar disease |
| CNV | Copy number variation |
| HDAC1 | Inhibitor of histone deacetylase of class I |
| HDAC2 | Inhibitor of histone deacetylase of class II |
| MIA | Maternal immune activation |
| MPH | Methylphenidate |
| BDNF | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |
| NTRK2 | Neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor type 2 |
| DRD3 | Dopamine receptor D3 |
| PRRs | Pattern recognition receptors |
| PAMPs | Pathogen associated molecular patterns |
| ERVs | Endogenous retroviruses |
| IAP | Intracisternal A-particle |
| ETn | Early transposon |
| MusD | Mouse endogenous proviruses |
| BTBR | BTBR T+tf/J inbred |
| F1 | First generation |
| F2 | Second generation |
| F3 | Third generation |