RPE	Retinal pigment epithelium
RP	Retinitis pigmentosa
AMD	Age-related macular degeneration
DR	Diabetic retinopathy
RGC	Retinal ganglion cell
BRB	Blood–retinal barrier
ECM	Extracellular matrix
GA	Geographic atrophy
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
BM	Bruch’s membrane
MMPs	Matrix metalloproteinases
TIMPs	Tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases
POAG	Primary open-angle glaucoma
GON	Glaucomatous optic neuropathy
IOP	Intraocular pressure
GWAS	Genome-wide association study of glaucoma
RHP	Repetitive hypoxic preconditioning
NO	Nitric oxide
ER	Endoplasmic reticulum
AAV	Adeno-associated virus
siRNA	Small interference RNA
CaMKII	Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II
IRD	Inherited retinal dystrophies
DME	Diabetic macular edema
NPDR	Nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy
PDR	Proliferative Diabetic retinopathy
DME	Diabetic macular edema
DAG	Diacylglycerol
PKC	Protein kinase C
CML	Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine
ALEs	Advanced lipid oxidation end products
MCP	Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
COX-2	Cyclooxygenase-2
mtDNA	Mitochondrial DNA