α-SYN	Alpha-synuclein
Aβ	Amyloid beta
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
AIF	Apoptosis-inducing factor
ALS	Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
AMPK	AMP-activated protein kinase
APP	Amyloid beta precursor protein
ASK1	Apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1
BACE1	Beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1
BAD	BCL2-associated agonist of cell death
BAX	BCL2-associated X protein
BCL2	B-cell lymphoma 2
BCL-XL	B-cell lymphoma-extra large
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
CAT	Catalase
CHOP	C/EBP homologous protein
c-myb	Cellular myeloblastosis
COX-2	Cyclooxygenase 2
CREB	cAMP responsive element binding protein
CTSB	Cathepsin B
CVEC	Post-capillary venular endothelial cell
CX3CL1	C-X3-C motif chemokine ligand 1
CX3CR1	C-X3-C motif chemokine receptor 1
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
ERK	Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FGF2	Fibroblast growth factor 2
FGF21	Fibroblast growth factor 21
4′-DMA-7,8-DHF	4′-Dimethylamino-7,8- dihydroxyflavone
GCM	Glioma cell-conditioned medium
GSH	Glutathione
GSK3	Glycogen synthase kinase 3
HD	Huntington’s disease
HO-1	Heme oxygenase 1
HSP90	Heat shock protein 90
IFN-γ	Interferon gamma
IGF-1	Insulin-like growth factor 1
IκBα	Nuclear factor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells inhibitor, alpha
IL-1β	Interleukin 1 beta
IL-6	Interleukin 6
IL-12	Interleukin 12
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
IRE1α	Inositol-requiring enzyme 1 alpha
JNK	c-Jun N-terminal kinase
Lamp1	Lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1
LIF	Leukemia inhibitory factor
MAPK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCP-1	Monocyte chemo-attractant protein 1
MEK	Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase
MPP+	1-Methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
MPTP	1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
MSC	Mesenchymal stem cell
mTOR	Mechanistic target of rapamycin
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa B
NOS	Nitric oxide synthase
NRF2	Nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2
PARP	Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase
PD	Parkinson’s disease
PGC-1α	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha
PI3K	Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PP2A	Protein phosphatase 2
PSEN1	Presenilin 1
RIP1	Receptor-interacting protein kinase 1
RIP3	Receptor-interacting protein kinase 3
SIRT1	Sirtuin 1
6-OHDA	6-hydroxydopamine
Smad2	Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 1
SOD	Superoxide dismutase
TAT	Transactivator of transcription
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor beta
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor alpha
TrkB	Tropomyosin receptor kinase B
ULK1	Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1
XBP1	X-box binding protein 1