| AMPKα | adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase alpha |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| BBB | blood-brain barrier |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| cDNA | complementary deoxyribonucleic acid |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| Ctrl | control |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle medium |
| ECIS | electric cell-substrate impedance sensing |
| ELISA | enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| eS1P | extracellular sphingosine 1-phosphate |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| HCMEC/D3 | human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells clone D3 |
| HDAC | histone deacetylase |
| ICAM-1 | intercellular adhesion molecule 1 |
| IL | interleukin |
| INF-γ | interferon gamma |
| iS1P | intracellular sphingosine 1-phosphate |
| kd | knockdown |
| KLF | Krueppel-like factor |
| LC-MS/MS | liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| LPS + Cyt | LPS + cytokine mix |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MARCKS | myristoylated alanine-rich C-kinase substrate |
| MCP-1 | monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 |
| mRNA | messenger ribonucleic acid |
| NFkB | nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PECAM-1 | platelet and endothelial cell adhesion molecule 1 |
| PKC | protein kinase C |
| qPCR | quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| SAPK/JNK | stress-activated protein kinase/c-Jun-N-terminal kinase |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate- polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| shRNA | short hairpin ribonucleic acid |
| SK | sphingosine kinase |
| SPL/Sgpl1 | sphingosine 1-phosphate lyase |
| TNFα | tumor necrosis factor alpha |
| TPA | 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate |
| TRAF2 | TNF receptor-associated factor 2 |
| VCAM-1 | vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 |
| VE-cadherin | vascular endothelial cadherin |
| ZO-1 | zonula occludens 1 |