| MDPI | Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute |
| ALS | Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| fALS | Familial ALS |
| sALS | Sporadic ALS |
| MN | Motor neuron |
| FUS | Fused in sarcoma |
| SOD1 | Superoxide dismutase 1 |
| C9ORF72 | Chromosome 9 open reading frame 72 |
| TARDBP | TAR DNA-binding protein 43 |
| iPSC | Human patient-derived induced pluripotent stem cell |
| NPC | Neural progenitor cells |
| DEG | Differentially expressed genes |
| GEO | Gene expression omnibus |
| NGS | Next generation sequencing |
| ECM | Extracellular matrix |
| KEGG | Kyto encyclopedia of genes and genomes |
| STRING | The search tool for the retrieval of interacting genes/proteins |
| DAVID | The Database for Annotaion, Visualization, and Integrated Discovery |
| PGS | Partek genomic suite (Partek Inc) |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| ENCODE | Encyclopedia of DNA elements |
| MAPK | Mitogen activated protein kinase |
| PPI | Protein-protein interactome analysis |
| MCODE | Molecular Complex Detection |
| TF | Transcription factors |
| PPARG | Peroxisome proliferator activated receptor gamma |
| OXPHOS | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| GATA2 | GATA-binding factor 2 |
| snRNAs | Small nuclear ribonucleoproteins |
| hnRNAs | Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins |
| FOXC1 | Forkhead Box C1 |