AD	Alzheimer’s disease
APP	Amyloid precursor protein
Bb	A subunit of complement factor B
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
C1	Complement component 1
C1q	Complement component 1q
C3	Complement component 3
C3a	Complement component 3a
C3b	Complement component 3b
CFB	Complement factor B
CFH	Complement factor H
CFI	Complement factor I
CMP	Cytidine 5’-monophospho
CNS	Central nervous system
CR3	Complement receptor 3
DAM	Disease-associated microglia
E. coli K1	Escherichia coli K1
Fuc	Fucose
Gal	Galactose
GalNAc	N-acetylgalactosamine
GBS	Group B Streptococcus
Glc	Glucose
GlcNAc	N-acetylglucosamine
GNE	Glucosamine (UDP-N-Acetyl)-2-epimerase/N-acetylmannosamine kinase
HSCT/DAP10	Hematopoietic cell signal transducer
IL	Interleukin
ITAM	Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif
ITIM	Immuno-receptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif
JNK	C-Jun NH2-terminal protein kinase
Kdn	Deaminoneuraminic acid
LPS	Lipopolysaccharides
MAG	Myelin-associated glycoprotein
Man	Mannose
ManNAc	N-Acetyl-D-mannosamine
ManNAc-6-P	N-Acetyl-mannosamine 6-phosphate
NADPH	Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NALP3/NLRP3	NACHT, LRR and PYD domains-containing protein 3
NCAM	Neural cell adhesion molecule
NEU1	N-acetyl-alpha-neuramindase 1
NEU2	N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminidase 2
NEU3	N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminidase 3
NEU4	N-acetyl-alpha-neuraminidase 4
Neu5Ac	N-acetylneuraminic acid
Neu5Gc	N-glycolylneuraminic acid
P	Phosphate
polySia avDP20	Polysialic acid homopolymer with an average degree of polymerization of 20
polySia	Polysialic acid
PS	Phosphatidylserine
RNA-seq	RNA sequencing
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SHP-1	Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase-1
SHP-2	Src homology region 2 domain-containing phosphatase-2
Sia	Sialic acid
SiaLoss	Desialylation
SIGLEC	Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectin
SIRP	Signal regulartory protein
SYK	Spleen tyrosine kinase
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TREM2	Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2
TYROBP/DAP12	TYRO protein tyrosine kinase binding protein/DNAX-activating protein of 12 kDa