| AMPK | AMP-activated protein kinase |
| Apaf | apoptotic peptidase-activating factor |
| ARE | antioxidant response element |
| ASK1 | apoptosis signal-regulating kinase |
| ATF | activating transcription factor |
| ATM | ataxia telangiectasia mutated kinase |
| Bad | Bcl-2 associated agonist of cell death |
| Bak | Bcl-2 homologous antagonist/killer |
| Bax | Bcl-2-associated X |
| Bcl | B-cell lymphoma protein |
| BH | Bcl-2 homology domain |
| Bid | BH3 interacting-domain death agonist |
| Bim | Bcl-2-like protein 11 |
| BRCA | breast cancer gene |
| CBP | CREB binding protein |
| CD38 | cyclic ADP-ribose hydrolase |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CREB | cAMP response element-binding protein |
| DLK | dual leucine zipper-bearing kinase |
| ΔΨm | mitochondrial membrane potential |
| DRP | dynamin-like protein |
| ERK | extracellular signal-regulated kinase |
| FDA | United States Food and Drug Administration |
| FIS | fission protein |
| GSK | glycogen synthase kinase |
| JNK | c-Jun N-terminal kinase |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| Mcl | myeloid leukemia cell differentiation protein |
| MEK | MAPK kinase |
| MEKK | MAPK kinase kinase |
| Mfn | mitofusin |
| MKK4/7 | dual specificity MAPK kinases 4 and 7 |
| MKP | MAPK phosphatase |
| MMP | matrix metalloproteinase |
| mPT | mitochondrial permeability transition |
| mtDAMP | mitochondria-derived damage-associated molecular pattern |
| mTOR | mechanistic (previously mammalian) target of rapamycin |
| mTORC | mTOR complex |
| NEMO | nuclear inhibitor of NF-κB kinase-γ |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor-κB |
| NOS | nitric oxide synthase |
| Nrf2 | nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2 |
| OPA | optic atrophy protein |
| OMA | mitochondrial metalloendopeptidase |
| PAR | poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) polymerase |
| PARP | poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase |
| PGC-1α | peroxisome proliferator–activated receptor γ coactivator-1α |
| PI3K | phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase |
| PINK | PTEN-induced putative kinase |
| PTEN | phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10 |
| PTP | permeability transition pore |
| PUMA | p53 upregulated modulator of apoptosis |
| Raf | rapidly accelerated fibrosarcoma protein |
| RNS | reactive nitrogen species |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SAB | mitochondrial SH3-domain binding protein 5 |
| SIRT | sirtuin; mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase |
| Smac | second mitochondria-derived activator of caspase |
| TIM | translocase of the inner membrane |
| TOM | translocase of the outer membrane |
| VDAC | voltage-dependent anion channel |