| 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 |
| Aβ | 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 |