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. 2021 Dec 17;12(12):2005. doi: 10.3390/genes12122005
AD Alzheimer’s disease
ADRD Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias
ALIS Automated ligand identification system
APP Amyloid–β precursor protein
AS Antisense transcript
ASO Antisense oligonucleotide
BACE1-AS β-secretase 1 antisense transcript
BBB Blood–brain barrier
BDNF Brain-derived neurotropic factor
Cat-ELCCA Catalytic enzyme-linked click chemistry assay
CDR1-AS Cerebellar degeneration-related protein 1 antisense RNA
Chem-CLIP-Map-Seq Chemical Cross-Linking and Isolation by Pull-down to Map Small Molecule-RNA Binding Sites
ChIP-seq Chromatin immunoprecipitation-RNA-seq
circRNA Circular RNA
CREB cAMP response element-binding protein
DGCR8 DiGeorge critical region 8
DRUG-seq Digital RNA with perturbation of Genes
ENCODE Encyclopedia of DNA Elements
Exp5 Exportin 5
FANTOM Functional Annotation of the Mammalian Genome
FDA Food and Drug Administration
FID Fluorescent indicator displacement
FP Fluorescence polarization
FRET Fluorescence resonance energy transfer
FTD Frontotemporal dementia
HD Huntington’s disease
HOTAIR HOX antisense intergenic RNA
HTS High-throughput screen
HTT Huntingtin
ITC Isothermal titration calorimetry
LBD Lewy body dementia
LC-MS Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
lncRNA Long non-coding RNA
MALAT1 Metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1
MED Multiple etiology dementias
miRNA MicroRNA
MoA Mechanism of action
mRNA Messenger RNA
ncRNA Non-coding RNA
NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance
PAIN Pan-assay interference
PDB Protein data bank
PK/PD Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
PRC2 Polycomb repressive complex 2
PSEN1 Presenilin 1
PSEN2 Presenilin 2
RBP RNA binding protein
REST RE1-silencing transcription factor
RISC RNA-induced silencing complex
rRNA Ribosomal RNA
shRNA Short hairpin RNA
siRNA Small interfering RNA
SMN2 Survival of motor neuron 2
sncRNA Small ncRNA
snoRNA Small nucleolar RNA
snRNA Small nuclear RNA
SPR Surface plasmon resonance
TORNADO-seq Targeted organoid sequencing
TRBP Transactivating response RNA-binding protein
tRNA Transfer RNA
VCID Vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia