| AAV | adeno-associated viruses |
| Cas9 | CRISPR-associated 9 |
| CECs | corneal endothelial cells |
| CRISPR | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats |
| DMEK | Descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty |
| DSO | descemetorhexis only |
| FECD | Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy |
| RPE | retinal pigment epithelium |