ARC	Arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus
BAMs	Border-associated macrophages
BBB	Blood–brain barrier
BMDC	Bone-marrow-derived cells
CAMs	CNS-associated macrophages
CCL2	Chemokine C-C motif ligand-2
CCR2	C-C chemokine receptor type 2
CD11b	Cluster of differentiation molecule 11B
CD169	Sialoadhesin
CNS	Central nervous system
CSF1R	Colony stimulating factor 1 receptor
CX3CR1	CX3C chemokine receptor 1
CyTOF	Mass cytometry
DAM	Disease-associated microglia
DIO	Diet-induced obesity
DM	Dark microglia
EAE	Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis
FACS	Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
FFAs	Free fatty acids
GFAP	Glial fibrillary acidic protein
Hexb	Beta-hexosaminidase subunit beta
HFD	High-fat diet
IBA1	Ionized calcium binding adaptor molecule 1
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
ITGAM	Integrin subunit alpha M
LHA	Lateral hypothalamic area
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
MACS	Magnetic-activated cell sorting
MCP-1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
ME	Median eminence
P2ry12	Purinergic receptor P2Y12
PVH	Paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus
PVMs	Perivascular macrophages
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
scRNA-seq	Single-cell RNA sequencing
SFAs	Saturated fatty acids
Siglec	Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin super-family lectin
snRNA-seq	Single-nucleus RNA sequencing
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor beta
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
Tmem119	Transmembrane protein 119
TREM2	Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-2
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VMH	Ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus