20-HETE	20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid
Ado	Adenosine
AGE–RAGE	Advanced glycation end-product-receptor for AGE
AQP4	Aquaporin-4
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
BRB	Blood–retinal barrier
cGMP	Cyclic guanosine monophosphate
CO2	Carbon dioxide
COX	Cyclooxygenase
COX-2	Cyclooxygenase-2
Cx43	Connexin43
DR	Diabetic retinopathy
DVA	Dynamic vessel analysis
EET	Epoxyeicosatrienoic acid
EETs	Epoxyeicosatrienoic acids
eNOS	Endothelial nitric oxide synthase
fOCTA	Functional optical coherence tomography angiography
GCL	Ganglion cell layer
HbA1c	Glycated hemoglobin (hemoglobin a1c)
HIF	Hypoxia-inducible factor
HIF-1α	Hypoxia-inducible factor-1α
HRV	Heart rate variability
ICAM-1	Intercellular adhesion molecule-1
IL-1β	Interleukin-1 beta
INL	Inner nuclear layer
IOP	Intraocular pressure
iNOS	Inducible nitric oxide synthase
Kir4.1	Inwardly rectifying potassium channel 4.1
NE	Norepinephrine
NE/Epi	Norepinephrine/epinephrine
NLRP3	NLR-family pyrin domain-containing 3
NO	Nitric oxide
nNOS	Neuronal nitric oxide synthase
NVC	Neurovascular coupling
NVU	Neurovascular unit
OCT	Optical coherence tomography
OCTA	Optical coherence tomography angiography
ONL	Outer nuclear layer
OSA	Obstructive sleep apnea
PaCO2	Arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide
PEEP	Positive end-expiratory pressure
PGE2	Prostaglandin E2
PKC	Protein kinase C
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
RPE	Retinal pigment epithelium
sGC	Soluble guanylate cyclase
TEER	Transepithelial electrical resistance
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-alpha
VCAM-1	Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
ZO-1	Zonula occludens-1
α1	A1-adrenergic receptor
α1B	A1B-adrenergic receptor
β2AR	Β2-adrenergic receptor