A2E	Bis-retinoid N-retinyl-N-retinylidene ethanolamine
AMD	Age-related macular degeneration
APOE	Apolipoprotein E
ARMS2	Age-related maculopathy susceptibility 2
AREDS	Age-Related Eye Disease Study
ARE	Anti-oxidant response element
ATP	Adenosine tri phosphate
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
C3	Complement factor 3
C4	Complement factor 4
C5	Complement factor 5
C5-9	Membrane attack complex
C9	Complement factor 9
CFH	Complement factor H
CFHR1	Complement factor H related 1
CFHR5	Complement factor H related 5
CCR2	Receptor for CCL2
CCL2	Monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1)
CD36	Scavenger receptor recognizes oxidized phospholipids and lipoproteins
CEP	2-(ω-carboxyethyl) pyrrole
CNS	Central nervous system
CNV	Choroidal neovascularization
CRP	C-reactive protein
CTGF	Connective tissue growth factor
CX3CL1	Fractalkine
CX3CR1	Fractalkine receptor
Cyba	Cytochrome b245 Alpha
Cybb	Cytochrome b245 Beta
FUT5	Alpha-(1,3)-fucosyltransferase
GA	Geographic atrophy
GDNF	Glial-cell-derived neurotrophic factor
HTRA1	High-temperature requirement A serine peptidase 1
HDLs	High-density lipoproteins
Keap1	Kelch-like ECH- associated protein 1
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
M0	Resting macrophage/microglia
M1	Proinflammatory/phagocytic/classically activated macrophage microglia
M2a	Anti-inflammatory/profibrotic/alternatively activated macrophage/microglia
M2b	Profibrotic/alternatively activated macrophage/microglia
M2c	Healing/resolution/anti-inflammatory/anti-fibrotic alternatively activated macrophage/microglia
M2d	Angiogenic/VEGF producing alternatively activated macrophage/microglia
MCP-1	Monocyte Chemotactic Protein-1
MDA	Malondialdehyde
MPS	Mononuclear phagocyte series
NCAM	Neural cell adhesion molecule
NLRP3	NOD-, LRR- and pyrin domain-containing protein 3
NOS2	Nitric oxide synthase 2
NRF2	Nuclear factor erythroid 2
PBMC	Peripheral blood-derived macrophage
PBMDMs	Peripheral blood monocytes-derived macrophages
PD-L1	Programmed death-ligand 1
POS	Photoreceptor outer segment
PSA	Polysialic acid
OCT	Optical coherence tomography
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RPE	Retinal pigment epithelium
SAP	Serum amyloid P
sSAMP	Sialic acid self-associated molecular pattern
SAMP	Self-associated molecular pattern
Siglecs	Sialic acid-binding immunoglobulin-like lectins
ST6GALNAC1	Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminide alpha-2,6-sialyltransferase 1
ST6	ST6GALNAC1
TGF-B	Transforming growth factor beta
TLR	Toll-like receptor
TREM2	Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 2
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor