| ALS | amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| ARE | antioxidant response element |
| BFT | benfotiamine |
| BSO | buthionine sulfoximine |
| DBT | dibenzoylthiamine |
| FBS | fetal bovine serum |
| GCLC | glutamate cysteine ligase catalytic subunit |
| GSH | reduced glutathione |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharides |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide tetrazolium |
| O-BT | O-benzoylthiamine |
| S-BT | S-benzoylthiamine |
| PQ | paraquat |
| PT | pyrithiamine |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SuBT | sulbutiamine |
| ThDP | thiamine diphosphate |
| ThMP | thiamine monophosphate |
| TKT1 | transketolase |
| TPK | thiamine pyrophosphokinase |