| TBI | Traumatic brain injury; |
| EBI | Early brain injury; |
| SAH | Subarachnoid hemorrhage; |
| HMGB1 | High mobility group box 1; |
| RAGE | Receptor for advanced glycation end products; |
| TLRs | Toll-like receptors; |
| DAMP | Damage-associated molecular patterns; |
| JAK | Janus kinases; |
| STAT3 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3; |
| MD-2 | Myeloid differentiation factor-2; |
| BBB | Blood–brain barrier; |
| CNS | Central nervous system; |
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acidic protein; |
| IL | Interleukin; |
| IBA1 | Ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1; |
| iNOS | Inducible nitric oxide synthase; |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide-adenine dinucleotide phosphate; |
| NF-κB | Nuclear factor κ light chain enhancer of activated B cells; |
| TNF-α | Tumor necrosis factor-α; |
| IR | Immunoreactivity; |
| FPI | Fluid percussion injury; |
| Anti-HMGB1 mAb | Anti-HMGB1 monoclonal antibody; |
| SD | Sprague-Dawley; |
| IFN-γ | Interferon-gamma; |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor; |
| CCI | Controlled cortical impact; |
| ICP | Intracranial pressure; |
| ICH | Intracerebral hemorrhage; |
| DAI | Diffuse axonal injury; |
| WT | Wild-type; |
| MMP | Matrix metalloproteinase; |
| MAPK | Mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MAP2 | Microtubule-associated protein 2; |
| AQP4 | Aquaporin-4; |
| VSMC | Vascular smooth muscle cells; |
| ICAM | Intercellular adhesion molecule; |
| VCAM | Vascular cell-adhesion molecule; |
| PI3K/AKT | Phosphoinositide 3-kinases/protein kinase B; |
| GCS | Glasgow Coma Scale |