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. 2020 Dec 16;21(24):9591. doi: 10.3390/ijms21249591
7,8-DHF 7,8-dihydroxyflavone
AAV2 Adeno-associated virus serotype 2
AD Alzheimer’s Disease
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
APOE Apolipoprotein E
APP Amyloid-beta precursor protein
ATP Adenosine Triphosphate
Amyloid beta
APLP1 Amyloid-like protein 1
BAC Bacterial Artificial Chromosome
BACE-1 Beta-site APP Cleaving Enzyme 1
BDNF Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
CAMK II Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
CAT Catalase
CBD Corticobasal Degeneration
CDK5 Cycle-dependent Kinase 5
CHL1 Close homolog of L1
CNS Central Nervous System
CNTFs Ciliary Neurotrophic Factors
COX Cyclooxygenase
CSF Cerebrospinal Fluid
CSF1R Colony-Stimulating Factor-1 Receptor
DAM Disease-Associated Microglia
DAPT N-(N-(3,5-difluorophenacetyl)-L-alanyl)-S-phenylglycine t-butyl ester
DNA Deoxyribonucleic acid
ERK Extracellular signal Regulated Kinase
FAD Familial Alzheimer’s Disease
FTDP-17 Frontotemporal dementia with parkinsonism-17
GDNFs Glial cell line-Derived Neurotrophic Factors
GABAergic γ-Aminobutyric Acid-producing
GFAP Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
GLP-1 Glucagon-Like Peptide-1
GPX Glutathione Peroxidase
GSH Glutathione
GSK-3β Glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta
hNGFp painless NGF protein
IFN-γ Interferon gamma
IFITM3 Interferon-induced transmembrane protein 3
IGF-I Insulin-like Growth Factor-I
IgG Immunoglobulin G
IL Interleukin
JAK Janus Kinase
LMTM Leuco-methylthioninium bis (hydro-methanesulfonate)
MAPK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase
MB Methylene blue
MCI Mild cognitive impairment
MPACs Metal protein attenuating compounds
MSCs Mesenchymal Stem Cells
NADP Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NRF2 Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor
NFAT Nuclear Factor of Activated T-cells
NFT Neurofibrillary Tangles
NF-κB Nuclear factor-κB
NGF Nerve Growth Factor
NLR Nod-Like Receptor
NLRP3 NLR family Pyrin domain containing 3
NO Nitric Oxide
NSAIDs Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
NSCs Neural Stem Cells
NT Neurotrophin
OKA Okadaic acid
P2Y1R P2Y1 purinoreceptor
PET Positron emission tomography
PD Parkinson’s Disease
PHF Paired Helical Filament
PI3K Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase
PiD Pick Disease
PKA cAMP-dependent protein kinase
PP Protein phosphatase
PPZ Perphenazine
PS Presenilin
PSP Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
RAGE Receptor for Advanced Glycosylation End products
RNA Ribonucleic acid
RNS Reactive Nitrogen Species
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
SAD Sporadic Alzheimer’s Disease
SAG Smoothened Agonist
SOCS3 Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3
SOD Superoxide Dismutase
STAT Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription
sTREM2 Soluble TREM2
TBB 4,5,6,7-tetrabromobenzotriazole
TGF-β Transforming growth factor beta
Th1 Type I helper T cells
Th2 Type II helper T cells
TLR Toll-Like Receptor
TNF-α Tumor Necrosis Factor
Tregs Regulation T cells
TREM2 Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid cells 2
Trks Tropomyosin Receptor Kinases
TTNPB 4-((E)-2-(5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-5,5,8,8-tetramethyl-2-naphthalenyl)-1-propenyl)-benzoic acid
VEGF Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
VPA Valproic Acid