| Acronym | Denotation |
| AP | Adaptor protein |
| AP-4 | Adaptor protein-4 |
| AP-5 | Adaptor protein-5 |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| APP | amyloid precursor protein |
| ALR | autophagic lysosome reformation |
| ATG9 | autophagy-related protein 9 |
| AR-HSP-TCC | autosomal-recessive hereditary spastic paraplegia with thinning of the corpus callosum |
| CI-M6PR | cation-independent mannose-6-phosphate receptor |
| CSMN | cortico-spinal motor neurons |
| HSPs | Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias |
| LAMP1 | Lysosome associated Membrane Protein1 |
| LOF | Loss of function |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| PtdIns3P/PI3P | phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate |
| PSEN2 | presenilin 2 |
| TCC | thin corpus callosum |
| FYVE domain | Fab1, YOTB, Vac1, and EEA1 domain |