AD	Alzheimer’s disease
ABCA1	ATP-binding cassette transporter A1
ABCG1	ATP-binding cassette transporter G1
apoE	Apolipoprotein E protein
APOE	Apolipoprotein E gene
APP	Amyloid precursor protein
ARF6	ADP-ribosylation factor 6
Aβ	Amyloid β
BBB	Blood-brain barrier
CNS	Central nervous system
CSF	Cerebrospinal fluid
CYP46A1	Cholesterol 24S-hydroxylase
FRET	Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
HD	Huntington’s disease
HDL	High-density lipoprotein
LDL	Low-density lipoprotein
LRP	LDL receptor-related protein
LXR	Liver X receptors
NCP	Niemann-Pick type C
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PPAR-γ	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ
ROS	Reactive Oxygen Species
RXR	Retinoid X receptor
SLOS	Smith-Lemli Opitz syndrome
SREBP-1	Sterol regulatory element-binding proteins
VLDL	Very-low-density lipoprotein