CKD	chronic kidney disease
AD	Alzheimer’s disease
Aβ	β-amyloid
NFT	Neurofibrillary tangle
RAS	Renin-angiotensin system
ACE 1, 2	Angiotensin-converting enzyme 1, 2
ACEI	ACE inhibitor
ApoE4	Epsilon 4 allele of the apolipoprotein E gene
APP	Amyloid precursor protein
SorLA	Sorting protein-related receptor
GFR	Glomerular filtration rate
EPO	Erythropoietin
EV	Extracellular vehicle
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
Ang I, II, III, IV	Angiotensin I, II, III, IV
AT1/2/4R	Ang II receptor type 1, 2, 4
AGT	Angiotensinogen
AVP	Arginine vasopressin
CNS	Central nervous system
Atp6ap2	ATPase H+ transporting accessory protein 2
AGTR	AGT receptor
MasR	Mas receptor
ARB	Angiotensin-II-receptor blocker
TLR4	Toll-like receptor 4
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
CXCL12	C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 12
IL-1β, 4, 6, 10	Interleukin 1β, 4, 6, 10
BBB	Blood-brain barrier
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor α
EPOR	EPO receptor
PKB	Protein kinase B
MCP-1	Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1