AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
BBB	Blood-brain barrier
CNS	Central nervous system
CRP	C-reactive protein
CD	Crohn’s disease
CXCL	“C-X-C” motif chemokine ligand
CXCR	“C-X-C” motif chemokine receptor
DAMP	Damage associated molecular pattern
DC	Dendritic cell
DPR	Dipeptide repeats
FTD	Frontotemporal dementia
GWA	Genome-wide association studies
HD	Huntington’s disease
HLA-DR	Human leukocyte antigen – DR isotype
IL	Interleukin
IL-1RN	Interleukin 1 receptor antagonist protein
IFN	Interferon
iPSC	Induced pluripotent stem cell
IBD	Inflammatory bowel disease
LE	Limbic encephalitis
MBL	Mannan-binding lectin
MND	Motor neuron disease
NK	Natural killer
PAMP	Pathogen associated molecular pattern
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PRRs	Pattern-recognition receptors
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
TNF	Tumor necrosis factor
TGF	Transforming growth factor
UC	Ulcerative colitis