. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 7.

Published in final edited form as: J Theor Biol. 2016 Aug 9;408:75–87. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2016.08.001

Table 1.

Key physiological abbreviations.

Retina	RP	Retinitis pigmentosa
	RPE	retinal pigment epithelium
	OS	Outer segment
Mutant mouse models	rd1	retinal degeneration 1
Mutant mouse models	Rho-KO	Rhodopsin knock-out
Genes involved in nutrient sensing, uptake and aspects of cellular function and growth	RdCVF	Rod-derived Cone Viability Factor
	mTOR	mammalian target of rapamycin
	mTORC1	mTOR complex 1
	PEDF	Pigment epithelium-derived factor
	PDGF	Platelet-derived growth factor
	CNTF	Ciliary neurotrophic factor
	bFGF	Basic fibroblast growth factor
	Gas6	Growth arrest-specific 6
	TSC1	tuberous sclerosis complex 1