| AGE | advanced glycation end products |
| Ang | angiopoietin |
| BRB | blood retinal barrier |
| DR | diabetic retinopathy |
| HIF-1 | hypoxia inducible factor-1 |
| N-cadherin | neural cadherin |
| PECAM-1 | platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1 |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| VE-cadherin | vascular endothelial cadherin |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VEGFR2 | VEGF receptor 2 |
| ZO-1 | zona occulden-1 |
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