| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| BAM | border-associated macrophages |
| BBB | blood brain barrier |
| BMP4 | bone morphogenetic factor 4 |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CSF1R | colony stimulating factor-1 receptor |
| CX3CL1 | chemokine (C-X3-C motif) ligand 1 |
| EB | embryoid body |
| EMP | erythromyeloid progenitors |
| FACS | fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| Flt3 | fms-like tyrosine kinase 3 |
| GCSF | granulocyte colony-stimulating factor |
| GMCSF | granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| hiMGL | human-induced microglia-like cells |
| hiPSC | human-induced pluripotent stem cells |
| HPC | hematopoietic stem cells |
| IDE | inducer of definitive endoderm |
| IL | interleukin |
| KDR | kinase insert domain receptor |
| MACS | magnetic-activated cell sorting |
| PBMC | peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell |
| SCF | stem cell factor |
| SIGLEC | Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-type lectin |
| TGFBR1 | transforming growth factor β receptor 1 |
| TGFβ | transforming Growth Factor beta |
| TPO | thrombopoietin |