| 4R tau | tau proteins with four microtubule-binding domain repeats |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| Aβ | amyloid β |
| APP | amyloid precursor protein |
| ASC | apoptosis-associated speck-like protein |
| CA | cornu Ammonis |
| CARD | caspase activation and recruitment domain |
| CASP-1 | caspase-1 |
| CASP-6 | caspase-6 |
| CD68 | cluster of differentiation 68 |
| CERAD | Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease |
| cGSDMD | cleaved gasdermin |
| DSM-IV | Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition |
| HC | healthy controls |
| HF | hippocampal formation |
| hCA3 | hilar part of the CA3 field |
| HLA-DR | Human Leukocyte Antigen–DR isotype |
| IBA1 | Ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 |
| NFTs | neurofibrillary tangles |
| NINCDS-ADRDA | National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke/Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association |
| NLRs | NOD-like leucine-rich repeat receptors |
| NLRP1 | nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-containing receptor family, pyrin domain-containing protein 1 |
| NLRP3 | nucleotide-binding domain and leucine-rich repeat-containing receptor family, pyrin domain-containing protein 3 |
| NN | number of neurons |
| NOD | nucleotide-binding and oligomerization domain |
| PBS | phosphate buffered saline |
| rP | Pearson’s correlation coefficient |
| rS | Spearman’s correlation coefficient |
| SD | standard deviation |
| SUB | subiculum |