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. 2021 Dec 8;12(12):1959. doi: 10.3390/genes12121959
AD Alzheimer disease
LOAD Late-Onset Alzheimer Disease
EOAD Early-Onset Alzheimer Disease
MCI Mild cognitive impairment
CNS Central nervous system
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
PFC prefrontal cortex
EWAS Epigenome-wide association study
GWAS Genome-wide association study
NGS Next-generation sequencing
WES Whole-exome sequencing
WGS Whole-genome sequencing
MGAS Multivariate gene association analysis
PPI Protein–protein interaction
p-Tau Phosphorylated protein tau
CGIs CpG islands
Amyloid-β peptide
Aβ42 Amyloid-β 42
NFTs Neurofibrillary tangles
APP Amyloid-β precursor protein
APP-Aβ β-amyloid domain containing APP
APP-CTF APP C-terminal fragment
BACE1 β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1
BACE2 β-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 2
ApoE Apolipoprotein E
ApoE2 Apolipoprotein ε2
ApoE3 Apolipoprotein ε3
ApoE4 Apolipoprotein ε4
APOC1 Apolipoprotein C1
BIN1 Bridging Integrator 1
CLU Clusterin
PICALM Phosphatidylinositol-binding clathrin assembly protein
TOMM40 Translocase of outer mitochondrial membrane 40
CR1 Complement receptor type 1
ANK1 Ankyrin 1
CDH23 Cadherin-related 23
CaMKIV Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase type IV
DIP2A Disco-interacting protein 2 homolog A
RHBDF2 Inactive rhomboid protein 2
RPL13 60S ribosomal protein L13
SERPINA3 Serpin family A member 3
SERPINF Serpin family F member
AICD APP intracellular domain
CBP CREB-binding protein
MAPT Microtubule-associated protein Tau
IGF-I Insulin-like growth factor 1
GLUT4 Glucose transporter Type 4
PSEN1 Presenilin 1
PSEN2 Presenilin 2
SORL1 Sortilin-related receptor 1
ADAM10 A disintegrin and metalloprotease 10
PTM-Hs Post-translational modification of histones
DMRs Differentially methylated regions
SAM Methyl donor S-adenosylmethionine
SIRT1 Sirtuin 1
RNase P Ribonuclease P
TER Telomerase RNA
TET Ten–eleven translocation
SUMO Small ubiquitin-like modifier
DGCR8 Microprocessor complex subunit DGCR8
DNMT DNA methyltransferase
HAT Histone acetyltransferase
HDAC Histone deacetylase
HDACi HDAC inhibitors
ICBs Immune checkpoint blockers
siRC silencing RNA-induced complex
RBL2 Retinoblastoma-like 2 protein
HDL High-density lipoproteins
VLDL Very low-density lipoprotein
NF-κB Nuclear transcription factor kappa B
ncRNA Noncoding RNA
miRNA MicroRNA
piRNA Piwi-interacting RNA
rRNA Ribosomal RNA
snRNA Small nuclear RNA
tRNA Transfer RNA
snoRNA Small nucleolar RNA