| 2-ME | 2-mercaptoethanol |
| Aβ | amyloid-β peptide |
| Aβ40/Aβ42 | amyloid-β peptide, residues 1-40/42 |
| Aβ40(A21G) | A21G mutant of amyloid-β peptide 1-40, Flemish variant of Aβ40 [41] |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| a.u. | arbitrary units |
| COX | cyclooxygenase |
| CSF | cerebrospinal fluid |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| EDTA | ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| HSA | human serum albumin |
| IBU | ibuprofen, 2-[4-(2-methylpropyl)phenyl]propanoic acid (CAS #15687-27-1) |
| PDB | Protein Data Bank |
| RU | resonance unit |
| SDS | sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SPR | surface plasmon resonance |
| TEM | transmission electron microscopy |
| TFA | trifluoroacetic acid |
| ThT | thioflavin T |
| Tris | tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane |
| TWEEN® | polyethylene glycol sorbitan monolaurate |
| Usp2-cc | ubiquitin carboxyl-terminal hydrolase 2, catalytic core |
| WHO | World Health Organization |