| 7-AAD | 7-aminoactinomycin D |
| ADP | adenosine diphosphate |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| AV | annexin V |
| CM | cell medium |
| CT | control |
| DEGs | differentially expressed genes |
| DR | diabetic retinopathy |
| EdU | 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine |
| erd | canine early retinal degeneration disease |
| G-CSF | granulocyte colony-stimulating factor |
| GFAP | glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| GM-CSF | granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor |
| HG | high glucose |
| IBA1 | ionized calcium binding adapter protein 1 |
| IFN | interferons |
| IL-6 | interleukin-6 |
| IL-10 | interleukin-10 |
| IL-17a | interleukin-17 a |
| Indels | insertion/deletion after non-homologous end-joining repair events |
| iPSC | induced pluripotent stem cells |
| LPS | lipopolysaccharide |
| MAPK | mitogen-activated protein kinase |
| MCP | murine monocyte chemoattractant protein |
| NDR | nuclear dbf2-related |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NG | normal glucose |
| NHEJ | non-homologous end-joining repair events |
| OCR | oxygen consumption rate |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative reverse transcription PCR |
| RANTES | regulated upon activation, normal T cell expressed and presumably secreted |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| SCF | stem cell factor |
| SDS | sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SEM | standard error of the mean |
| sTNFRI | soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor I |
| TNF | tumor necrosis factor |
| TPO | thrombopoietin |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| WT | wild type |