| CRAO | Central retinal artery occlusion |
| CRVO | Central retinal vein occlusion |
| DR | Diabetic retinopathy |
| ELISA | Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay |
| ERp29 | Endoplasmic reticulum resident protein 29 |
| ESI | Electrospray ionization |
| iTRAQ | Isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification |
| Ig | Immunoglobulin |
| LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry |
| MALDI-TOF | Matrix-assisted laser desorption-ionization time-of-flight |
| MRM | Multiple reaction monitoring |
| MS/MS | Tandem mass spectrometry |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| OCIA | Ovarian cancer immunoreactive antigen |
| PDR | Proliferative diabetic retinopathy |
| PEDF | Pigment epithelium-derived factor |
| RAO | Retinal artery occlusion |
| RPE | Retinal pigment epithelium |
| Rpn2 | 26S proteasome non-ATPase regulatory subunit 1 |
| RT-PCR | Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| RVO | Retinal vein occlusion |
| SCX | Strong cation exchange |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |
| VGLUT1 | Vesicular glutamate transporter 1 |
| 2D | Two dimensional |
| 2D-DIGE | Two dimensional fluorescence difference gel electrophoresis |
| AMD | Age-related macular degeneration |
| BRAO | Branch retinal artery occlusion |
| BRVO | Branch retinal vein occlusion |
| CNV | Choroidal neovascularization |
| ICAM | Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 |
| MCP1 | Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 |
| NPDR | non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy |
| TOF | Time of flight |