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. 2020 May 26;21(11):3764. doi: 10.3390/ijms21113764
Amyloid-ß
AD Alzheimer’s disease
AIM2 Absent in melanoma 2
AKT Protein kinase B
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
APP Amyloid precursor protein
ASC Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a caspase recruitment domain
BBB Blood-brain barrier
CARD Caspase activation and recruitment domain
Casp1 Caspase 1
CNS Central nervous system
DAMPs Damage-associated molecular pattern molecules
IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor-1
IL Interleukin
JAK/STAT Janus kinases/Signal transducer and activator of transcription proteins
LPS Lipopolysaccharides
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinases
MDD Major depressive disorder
MS Multiple sclerosis
NF-κB Nuclear factor-kappa B
NLRC4 NLR family CARD domain-containing protein 4
NLRP NACHT, LRR, and PYD domains-containing protein
NLRs Nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain and leucine-rich repeat-containing receptors
PAMPs Pathogen-associated molecular pattern molecules
PET Positron emission tomography
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase
PPR Pattern recognition receptor
PGE2 Prostaglandin E2
P2X4/P2RX7 Purinergic receptor subtypes
ROS Reactive oxygen species
TLRs Toll-like receptors
TSPO Translocator protein
TSPO VT Translocator protein total volume
VPL Ventroposterior lateral thalamic nucleus
VPM Ventroposterior medial thalamic nucleus