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. 2021 Sep 6;11(9):1320. doi: 10.3390/biom11091320
AF Auranofin
AgNp Silver nanoparticles
AIP1 Apoptosis-linked gene-2-interacting protein X1
AmB Amphotericin B
AP-1 Activator protein 1 transcription factor
AuNp Gold nanoparticles
AZM Azithromycin
BBB Blood-brain barrier
BCSFB Blood-cerebrospinal fluid barrier
BKH Baby hamster kidney cells
CA trans-cinnamic acid
CHO Chinese hamster ovary cells
CNS Central nervous system
CPZ Chlorpromazine
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
CT Computerized tomography
DAMPs Danger associated molecular patterns
DEX Dexamethasone
DZP Diazepam
EC50 Half-maximum effect concentration
ECM Extracellular matrix
EGFR Epidermal growth factor receptor
ELISA Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
eNOS Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
ERG2 Sterol 87-isomerase
ERK Extracellular-signal-regulated kinase
ETO Etomoxir
FC Flow cytometry
FCZ Fluconazole
FDA Food and Drug Association
FLA Free-living amoeba
GA Guanabenz acetate
Ga Gum acacia
Gt Gum tragacanth
HDN Hesperidin
HeLa Henrietta Lacks cervical cancer cells
HaCaT Human keratinized skin cells
HSP70 Heat shock protein 7
Hy Hygromycin B
IC50 Half-maximum inhibitory concentration
ICAM-1 Intracellular adhesion molecule 1
IF Immunofluorescence assay
IgA Immunoglobulin A
IgG Immunoglobulin G
IL Interleukin
iNOS Inducible nitric oxide synthase
ITS Internal transcribed spacers
JNK c-Jun N-terminal kinase
MAPKs Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MIC Minimum inhibitory concentration
MLT Miltefosine
MR Magnetic resonance
N-PFP Pore-forming protein
N. fowleri Naegleria fowleri
N. gruberi Naegleria gruberi
NETs Neutrophil extracellular traps
NK Natural killer cells
NO Nitric oxide
NOS Nitric oxide synthase
NRG Naringin
NYS Nystatin
OA Oleic acid
PAM Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis
PAMPs Pathogen associated molecular patterns
PBS Phosphate-buffered saline
PBT Phenobarbitone
PCD Apoptosis-like programmed cell death
PCZ Posaconazole
PHX Perhexiline
PI Post-infection
PK Protein kinase
PTN Phenytoin
RBCs Red blood cells
RIF Rifampin
RKM Rokitamycin
RNS Reactive nitrogen species
ROS Reactive oxygen species
ROX Roxithromycin
RT-PCR Real-time polymerase chain reaction
SAPLIP Saposin-like proteins
SMT Sterol C24-methyltransferase
STS Staurosporine
TDZ Thioridazine
TJP Tight-junction proteins
TLR Toll-like receptors
TNF-α Tumor necrosis factor alpha
VCAM-1 Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1
VPA Valproic acid
WBCs White blood cell