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. 2020 Dec 3;21(23):9220. doi: 10.3390/ijms21239220
AAR Amino acid restriction
AARE Amino acid response element
AD Alzheimer’s disease
ADAM10 Disintegrin and metalloproteinase domain-containing protein 10
AP-1 Activator protein 1
APP Amyloid precursor protein
AKT Protein Kinase B
AMP Adenosine monophosphate
AMPK Adenosine monophosphate kinase
APP Amyloid precursor protein
ARE Antioxidant response elements
Arf-1 GTPase ADP ribosylation factor
α-SMA Alpha smooth muscle actin
ATF Activating transcription factor
ATG Autophagy-related genes
ATP Adenosine triphosphate
AZF1P Nuclear-localized zinc-finger
BACE Beta-secretase 1
BAT Brown adipose tissue
BCAA Branched-chain amino acids
BCL-2 B-cell lymphoma 2
BCL-XL B-cell lymphoma-extra-large
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
CA-9 Carbonic anhydrase 9
CamKKB Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase B
CASTOR Cytosolic arginine sensor for mTORC1
CAT Catalase
CCL3 Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 3
Cpsf6 Cleavage and polyadenylation specific factor 6
CK19 Cytokeratin-19
CR Caloric restriction
CRMs Caloric restriction mimetic
CVD Cardiovascular disease
CYP1 Cytochrome P450
DMTF Drosophila metal-responsive transcription factor
eIF2 Eukaryotic initiation factor 2
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
FGF21 Fibroblast growth factor 21
FOXO3a Forkhead box O3a
GADD34 Growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein 34
GATOR GTPase-activating protein toward rags
GCN2 General control nonderepressible 2
GDP Guanosine diphosphate
GHS Glycinyl-histidinyl-serine
GLUT1 Glucose transporter 1
GREB1 Growth-regulating estrogen receptor binding 1
GSK-3β Glycogen synthase kinase-3β
GTP Guanosine triphosphate
HGPS Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome
HIF1α Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
HSF1P Heat shock factor
IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor-1
IL Interleukin
IRS-1 Insulin receptor substrate 1
ISR Integrated stress response
JNK C-jun N-terminal kinase
LKB1 Liver kinase B1
LMX1b LIM homeobox transcription factor 1-β
LPIs Longevity-promoting interventions
MAPK Mitogen activator protein kinase
MEF3 Mitochondrial editing factor 3
MMP9 Matrix metallopeptidase 9
Mt Metallothionein
mTOR Mammalian target of rapamycin
mTORC1 Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1
mTORC2 Mammalian target of rapamycin complex 2
NAD+ Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
NAM Nicotinamide
ND Neurodegenerative diseases
NF-κB Nuclear factor-κB
Nfκbia NFκB inhibitor α
NRF2 Nuclear receptor factor 2
Pax6 Paired box 6
PDK1 3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase 1
PGC-1α Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1α
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
Pitx2 pituitary homeobox 2
PRDM14 PR domain zinc finger protein 14
RagA/B Ras-related GTP-binding protein A and B
RagC/D ras-related GTP-binding protein C and D
Rheb RAS homolog enriched in brain
ROS Reactive oxygen species
S6K1 Ribosomal protein S6 kinase
SAAR Sulfur amino acid restriction
SAM S-adenosyl-methionine
SAMTOR SAM sensor upstream of mTORC1
Sfpq Splicing factor proline and glutamine rich
Sfrs Serine- and arginine-rich splicing factor
SIRT1 Sirtuin 1
SOD Superoxide dismutase
SPD Starvation pseudodiabetes
STAT3 Signal transducer and activator of transcription 3
STAT5A/B Signal transducer and activator of transcription 5A/B
T2D Type 2 diabetes
Timp3 Metalloproteinase inhibitor 3
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor-α
TSC Tuberous sclerosis complex
Txnip Thioredoxin interacting protein
ULK1 Unc-51 Like Autophagy Activating Kinase 1
VEGFR Vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
WAT White adipose tissue
WNT Wingless-related integration site
XBP-1 X-box-binding protein 1
YBX1 Y-Box 1
Zbt16 Zinc finger and BTB domain-containing protein 16
Zscan1 Zinc finger and SCAN domain-containing 1