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. 2023 Jan 1;24(1):778. doi: 10.3390/ijms24010778
∆ψm Mitochondrial membrane potential
aa Amino acid(s)
AAV Adeno-associated virus
ABCA1 ATP-binding cassette transporter A1
AD Alzheimer’s disease
ADNP Activity Dependent Neuroprotector Homeobox
APOE Apolipoprotein E
ApoE4 Apolipoprotein E4
APP Amyloid precursor protein
APP/PS1 Mice expressing APP-Swedish and PSEN1-dE9 mutations
ASO Antisense oligonucleotides
Amyloid-β peptide
40 Aβ peptide with 40 amino acids
42 Aβ peptide with 42 amino acids
AβO 1–42 oligomers
BDNF Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BiP Binding immunoglobulin protein
C-terminal Carboxyl-terminal
CCCP Carboxyl cyanide m-chlorophenyl hydrazone
COMMD6 COMM Domain Containing 6
COX Cytochrome c oxidase (or Complex IV or CxIV)
CSF Cerebrospinal fluid
Drp1 Dynamin-like protein 1
EOAD Early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
ER Endoplasmic reticulum
FADH2 Flavin adenine dinucleotide, reduced form
Fis1 Mitochondrial fission protein-1
GSK3β Glycogen synthase kinase-3 β
HDAC Histone deacetylase
IL-1β Interleukin-1β
IL-6 Interleukin-6
IP3 Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate
IP3R Inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor
iPSC Induced pluripotent stem cells
KI Knock-in
LDL Low density lipoprotein
LDLR Low density lipoprotein receptor
LOAD Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease
LRP1 LDL receptor-related protein-1
MADD MAPK Activating Death Domain
MAM Mitochondria-ER-associated membranes
MAPK Mitogen-activated protein kinase
MCI Mild cognitive impairment
mEPSC Mini-excitatory postsynaptic current
MFN1/2 Mitofusin 1/2
mPTP Mitochondrial permeability transition pore
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
mRNA messenger RNA
mtDNA mitochondrial DNA
N-terminal Amino-terminal
N2a Neuro-2a cell line
NADH Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, reduced form
NFTs Neurofibrillary tangles
NFκB Nuclear factor-κB
NMDAR N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor
NRF1/2 Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1/2
NSE Neuron-specific enolase
OCR Oxygen consumption rate
OPA1 Optic atrophy 1 protein
P-tau Hyperphosphorylated tau protein
PET Positron emission tomography
PP2A Protein phosphatase 2A
PPP2R5E Protein phosphatase 2, regulatory subunit B’, epsilon isoform
PSEN1 (or PS1) Presenilin 1
PSEN2 Presenilin 2
ROS Reactive oxygen species
TNFα Tumor necrosis factor α
TR Target replacement
VDAC Voltage-dependent anion-selective channel