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. 2019 Nov 30;20(23):6050. doi: 10.3390/ijms20236050
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