AD	Alzheimer’s disease
AIM2	absent in melanoma 2
ALRs	AIM2-like receptors
ALS	amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
ASC	apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing CARD
ATP	adenosine triphosphate
Aβ	β-amyloid protein
BBB	blood–brain barrier
BNIP3	B-cell lymphoma 2 nineteen kilodalton interacting protein 3
BNIP3L	BNIP3-like
cGAMP	2′,3′-cyclic GMP-AMP
cGAS	cyclic GMP-AMP synthetase
CNS	central nervous system
CSF	cerebrospinal fluid
CXC3CR1	CX3C chemokine receptor 1
DAMPs	damage associated molecular patterns
dsDNA	double strand DNA
EAE	experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
ER	endoplasmic reticulum
ETC	electron transport chain
GTP	guanosine triphosphate
GLP1	glucagon-like peptide 1
IFN	interferon
IL-10	interleukin-10
IL-18	interleukin-18
IL-1β	interleukin-1β
IL-6	interleukin-6
IR	ischemic reperfusion
IRF3	interferon regulatory factor 3
IS	ischemic stroke
LIR	LC3-interacting region
LRR	leucine-rich repeats
MAMs	mitochondria associated membranes
MCU	mitochondria calcium uniporter
MICU1	mitochondrial calcium uptake 1
MPPs	matrix metalloproteinases
MPTP	1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
MS	multiple sclerosis
mtDNA	mitochondrial DNA
NACHT	nucleotide and oligomerization domain
NBR1	neighbor of Brca1
NDDs	neurodegenerative diseases
NDP52	nuclear dot protein 52
NF-ĸB	nuclear factor-ĸB
NLRP3	nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat containing protein 3
NLRs	nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like (NOD) receptors
NMDA	N-methyl-D-aspartate
NO	nitric oxide
NSAIDs	non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
OGD	oxygen and glucose deprivation
OMM	outer mitochondrial membrane
OPTN	optineurin
OXPHOS	oxidative phosphorylation
p62/SQSTM1	p62/sequestosome 1
PAMPs	pathogen-associated molecular patterns
PBMCs	peripheral blood mononuclear cells
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PINK1	PTEN-induced putative kinase 1
PRRs	pattern recognition receptors
PTP	permeability transition pore
PYD	pyrine
RNS	reactive nitrogen species
ROS	reactive oxygen species
SE	status epilepticus
STING	stimulator of interferon genes
TACE	TNF-a-converting enzyme
TAX1BP1	tax 1 binding protein 1
TBK1	TANK-binding kinase 1
TGF-β	transforming growth factor β
TLE	temporal lobe epilepsy
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor α
TREM2	triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2
α-Syn	α-synuclein
Ψm	mitochondrial membrane potential