°C	Degrees Celsius (temperature)
aa	amino acid
ACTB	beta-actin
Adnp	Activity-Dependent Neuroprotector Homeobox Protein
ALS	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
ANOVA	Analysis of variance
ARHGEF11	Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor (GEF) 11
ATF1	Activating Transcription Factor 1
ATG	Start codon Adenine-Thymidine/Uracil-Guanine
ATX-2	the single nematode ortholog of mammalian Ataxin-2 and Ataxin-2-like
ATXN2	Ataxin-2
ATXN2L	Ataxin-2-like, aka: Ataxin-2-Related Protein, A2LP, A2RP or A2D
BDNF	Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
bp	Base pair
BSA	Bovine serum albumin
Carm1	Coactivator Associated Arginine Methyltransferase 1
Cart1	Cartilage paired class homeoprotein 1 (aka Alx1)
Cb	Cerebellum
Cbp	cAMP-response element binding protein (Creb) binding protein (aka Crebbp)
cDNA	complementary Deoxyribo-Nucleic Acid
CID3	CTC-interacting domain 3 protein in Arabidopsis thaliana
CID4	CTC-interacting domain 4 protein in Arabidopsis thaliana
Cited2	Cbp/P300 Interacting Transactivator With Glu/Asp Rich Carboxy-Terminal Domain 2
Crispr/Cas9	Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/Crispr-associated protein 9
C-term	C-terminal end of the protein
Ctx	Cortex
DAPK1	Death-Associated Protein Kinase 1
DDX6	DEAD/H (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp/His) Box Polypeptide 6 (RNA Helicase, 54kD)
DENND1A	DENN/MADD Domain Containing 1A (RAB35-activating guanine nucleotide exchange factor)
DMEM	Dulbecco’s modified essential medium
DNA	Desoxyribo-Nucleic-Acid chain
E	Embryonic development day
E2F1	E2F Transcription Factor 1
e.g.,	Exemplo gratia (for example, in Latin language)
EGF	Epidermal growth factor
ELF1	E74 Like ETS Transcription Factor 1
Ep300	E1A Binding Protein, Histone Acetyltransferase P300
EST	Expressed sequence tag
Ex1	Exon 1
FCS	Fetal calf serum
FTLD	Fronto-temporal lobar dementia
Foxj2	Forkhead Box Protein J2, a transcriptional activator
g	Gram
G3BP2	Ras-GTPase Activating Protein SH3 Domain-Binding Protein 2
GLAST GWAS	Sodium-Dependent Glutamate/Aspartate Transporter 1 (in astrocytes) Genome wide association studies
h	hour
H&E	Hematoxylin and Eosin staining
HBSS	Hank’s buffered salt solution
Het	Heterozygote
HNRNP	Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein
Kb	kilo-base
IRF1	Interferon Regulatory Factor 1
ITS	Insulin-Transferrin-Selenium
KD	Knock-Down
KO	Knock-Out
L	liter
lncRNA	long non-coding RNA
Lsm	Like “Smith antigen” protein domain
LSM12	Homolog of yeast cytosolic LSM12 protein
LsmAD	Lsm-associated domain
mg	milliGram
mm	milliMeter
mM	milliMolar
µg	microGram
µL	microLiter
µM	microMolar
MEF	Mouse embryonal fibroblasts
MEM	Minimal Essential Medium
MGI mGluR5	Mouse Genome Informatics metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 5
MPL	Interactor domain with Myelo-Proliferative Leukemia gene, encodes Thrombopoietin receptor
mRNA	Messenger ribonucleic acid
mTORC1	Mechanistic “target of rapamycin” complex 1
Neat1	Nuclear Paraspeckle Assembly Transcript 1
NFATC2IP	Nuclear Factor of Activated T-Cells, Cytoplasmic, Calcineurin-Dependent 2 Interacting Protein
ng	nanoGram
NHGRI-EBI N-term	American National Human Genetics Research Institute & European Bioinformatics Institute N-terminal end of the protein
NUFIP2	Nuclear Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein 1 Interacting Protein 2
ORF	open reading frame
p	probability value for the occurrence of a given observation by chance
PABPC1	Poly(A)-binding-protein cytosolic 1
PAM2	Poly(A)-binding mediator domain 2
PBS	Phosphate buffered saline
PFA	Paraformaldehyde
poly(A) tail	adenosine-repeat at the 3′ end of mRNA
Poly(I:C)	Poly-Inosinic: Poly-Cytidylic acid chain
Pro	Proline
PRD	Proline-rich domain
PSD-95 PSP	Postsynaptic Density Protein 95 (aka DLK4, Disks Large Homolog 4) progressive supranuclear palsy (aka Parkinson plus)
Q, 22Q	glutamine, repeat of 22 consecutive glutamines
RA	Retinoic acid
RT-qPCR	Reverse-Transcriptase quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction
S6R	Small ribosomal subunit protein 6
SCA1	Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 1
SCA2	Spinocerebellar Ataxia type 2
SDS	Sodium-Dodecyl-Sulfate detergent
s.e.m.	Standard error of the mean
Setd5	Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase, SET domain containing 5
SG	Stress granule
sgRNA	Single guide Ribo-Nucleic-Acid chain
Sh2b1	Pro-Rich, PH And SH2 Domain-Containing Signaling Mediator gene
SH3	Src-homology 3 domain
SH-SY5Y	Cell line subcloned from SK-N-SH line from 4-year-old female neuroblastoma patient
SITE+3	Selenite, Insulin, Transferrin, Ethanolamine +3
SLC9A3R2 SNP	Solute Carrier Family 9 (Sodium/Hydrogen Exchange) Member 3 Regulator 2 (aka NHERF2) Single nucleotide polymorphism
SPITE	Selenite, Pyruvate, Insulin, Transferrin, Ethanolamine +3
SR-B1 Src	Scavenger Receptor Class B Member 1 (aka CD36, Thrombospondin Receptor-Like 1) V-Src Avian Sarcoma (Schmidt-Ruppin A-2) Viral Oncogene
Tbp	TATA-binding factor of transcription
TDP-43	TAR (transcription active response element) DNA-Binding Protein 43 (encoded by TARDBP)
Tfap2a	Transcription Factor Activator-Protein-2 alpha
TIGM, TX	Texas Institute of Genomic Medicine, Texas, United States of America
TPM	Transcripts per million (expression unit as normalization method in RNA-sequencing)
Tufm	Tu Translation Elongation Factor, Mitochondrial gene
ULK1	Unc-51 Like Autophagy Activating Kinase 1
VPS54	Vacuolar Protein Sorting-Associated Protein 54 (endosomal factor for retrograde transport)
WT	Wild-Type