| Aβ | amyloid β peptide |
| Aβ(1-42)*555 | Aβ(1-42)-HiLyte™-Fluor555 |
| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| Anti-CaM*A488 | complex anti-CaM + AlexaFluor488-labeled anti-IgG antibody |
| Anti-PDI*A488 | complex anti-PDI + AlexaFluor488-labeled anti-IgG antibody |
| a.u. | fluorescence intensity in arbitrary units |
| BTP2 | N-[4-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)pyrazol-1-yl]phenyl]-4-methylthiadiazole-5-carboxamide |
| CaM | calmodulin |
| CaMBD | calmodulin binding domain |
| DMEM | Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| FCCP | trifluoromethoxy carbonylcyanide phenylhydrazone |
| Fluo3-AM | Fluo-3-pentaacetoxymethyl ester |
| FRET | fluorescence resonance energy transfer |
| Fura2-AM | Fura2 acetoxymethyl ester |
| GF | green fluorescence |
| GFP | green fluorescent protein |
| GSH | reduced glutathione |
| H2DCFDA | 2′,7′-dichlorodihydrofluorescein diacetate |
| HEPES | N-[2-hydroxyethyl] piperazine-N′-[2-ethanesulfonic acid] |
| IC50 | concentration producing 50% of the maximum effect |
| IgG | immunoglobulin G |
| IP3R | inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor |
| MCB | monocholorobimane |
| MTT | 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PBST | PBS supplemented with 0.2% 4-(1,1,3,3-tetramethyl butyl) phenyl-polyethyleneglycol |
| PDI | protein disulfide isomerase |
| RF | red fluorescence |
| RT | room temperature |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| RyR | ryanodine receptor |
| SDS-PAGE | sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| SERCA | Sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase |
| SOCE | store-operated calcium entry |
| STIM1 | stromal interaction molecule 1 |
| TBST | Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane-buffered saline supplemented with 0.05% polyoxyethylene sorbitan monolaurate |
| Tg | thapsigargin |
| TMRE | Tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester |
| XeC | Xestonpongin C |