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. 2022 May 24;23(11):5894. doi: 10.3390/ijms23115894
4-PBA 4-phenylbutyric acid
6-OHDA 6-hydroxy-dopamine
AD Alzheimer’s disease
ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
AMPK AMP-activated protein kinase
APP Amyloid-β precursor protein
AR-JP Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism
ASK1 Apoptotic-signaling kinase-1
ATF4 Activating transcription factor-4
ATG AuTophaGy(ATG)-related proteins
ATP13A2 ATPase Cation Transporting 13A2
Amyloid-β
BAK Bcl-2 homologous antagonist killer
BAX Bcl-2-associated X protein
BDNF Brain-derived growth factor
BSE Bovine spongiform encephalopathy
BST1 Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Antigen 1
C/EBPa CCAAT/enhancer binding protein a
C9ORF72 Chromosome 9 open reading frame
CHIP Carboxy-terminus of Hsc70 interacting protein
CHOP C/EBP homologous protein
CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
CREB cAMP-response element binding protein
eIF2a Eukaryotic translation initiation factor α
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
ERAD ER-associated protein degradation
ERK Extracellular signal-regulated kinase
ERp57 ER protein 57
FKBP51 FK506 binding protein 51 kDa
FoxO1 Forkhead box protein O1
FUS Fused in sarcoma
GABA γ-Aminobutyric acid
GADD153 Growth arrest and DNA-damage-inducible 153
GBA Glucosylceramidase Beta
GCN2 General control nonderepressible 2
Gp78 Glycoprotein 78
GRP78/BiP 78 KDa glucose-regulated protein/
HD Huntington’s disease
Herp Homocysteine-induced ER protein
Hrd1 HMG-CoA reductase degradation protein 1
Hsp90 Heat shock proteins 90
HTT/mHtt Huntington/mutant Huntington
IKK/NFκB IkappaB kinase/Nuclear factor kappa B
IL- Interleukin-
IP3R Inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate receptor
IRE1 Inositol requiring protein-1
ISRIB Integrated stress response inhibitor
ITPKB Inositol-Trisphosphate 3-Kinase B
JAK/STAT Janus kinase/Signal transducer and activator of transcription
JNK/c-Jun c-Jun N-terminal kinase/c-Jun
LB Lew bodies
LRRK2 Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2
MAM Mitochondria-associated ER membrane
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCU Mitochondrial calcium uniporter
MICU Mitochondrial Calcium Uptake
MPP+ 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium
MPTP N-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine
mTOR Mechanistic target of rapamycin
NLRP3 NLR Family Pyrin Domain Containing 3
NMDAR N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor
Npl4 Nuclear protein localization protein 4
Pael-R Parkin-associated endothelin-like receptor
PD Parkinson’s disease
PDI Protein disulfide isomerase
PERK Protein kinase RNA-like ER kinase
PI3K Phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PINK1 PTEN-induced kinase 1
PKR Protein kinase R
PLA2G6 Phospholipase A2 Group VI
PolyQ Polyglutamine
PrPC/PrPSc Cellular α-helical prion proteins/Scrapie isoform of prion protein
PS1 Presenilin1
RIDD Regulated IRE1-dependent decay
RyR Ryanodine receptor
S1P/S2P Site 1 protease/Site 2 protease
SNpc Substantia nigra pars compacta
SOD1 Superoxide dismutase
TARDBP/TDP-43 TAR DNA binding protein
TFEB Transcription factor EB
TNF- Tumor necrosis factor-
TPR Translocated promoter region
TRAF2 Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 2
TSEs Transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
TUDCA Tauroursodeoxycholic acid
TXNIP Thioredoxin interacting protein
Ufd1 Ubiquitin recognition factor in ER associated degradation 1
ULK1 Unc-51 like autophagy activating kinase 1
uORFs Upstream open reading frames
UPR Unfolded protein response
UPS Ubiquitin-proteasome system
VCP Valosin-containing protein
VGCC Voltage-gated calcium channel
XBP1 X-box binding protein 1
α-syn α-synuclein