AGE	Advanced Glycation End-product
AH	Aqueous Humor
Ang	Angiopoietin
AT1R	Angiotensin II Receptor Type 1
AQP	Aquaporin
BDNF	Brain-derived Neurotrophic factor
bFGF	Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor
BRB	Blood-retinal Barrier
CCL	C-C motif ligand
CCR	C-C receptor
CD	Cluster of differentiation
CNS	Central Nervous System
CNTF	Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor
COX	Cyclooxygenase
CRP	C-reactive Protein
CXCL	C-X-C motif ligand
DR	Diabetic Retinopathy
DCCT	Diabetes Control and Complications Trial
DME	Diabetic Macular Edema
EGF	Epidermal Growth factor
ERG	Electroretinogram
ERK	Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase
FDA	US Food and Drug Administration
GDNF	Glial-derived Neurotrophic factor
GFAP	Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein
GM-CSF	Granulocyte Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor
HGF	Hepatocyte Growth Factor
HIF	Hypoxia-inducible Factor
HMGB	High Mobility Group Box
ICAM	Intracellular Adhesion Molecule
IGF	Insulin-like Growth Factor
IFN	Interferon
IL	Interleukin
iNOS	Inducible Nitrous Oxide Synthetase
IP	Interferon γ-induced Protein
IRBP	Interphotoreceptor Retinoid Binding Protein
IRMA	Intraretinal Microvascular Abnormality
IVTA	Intravitreal Triamcinolone Acetonide
LIF	Leukemia inhibitory factor
LPS	Lipopolysaccharide
MCP	Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein
MIP	Macrophage Inflammatory Protein
MMP	Matrix Metalloproteinase
NFG	Nerve Growth Factor
NF-κB	Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells
NO	Nitric Oxide
NPDR	Non-proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
NSAID	Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
PAMP	Pathogen-associated Molecular Pattern
PDGF	Platelet-derived Growth Factor
PDR	Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy
PEDF	Pigment Epithelium-derived Factor
PGE	Prostaglandin
PGF	Placental growth factor
PKC	Protein Kinase C
PPAR	Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor
PPV	Pars Plana Vitrectomy
RAS	Renin-Angiotensin System
RAGE	Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-product
RANTES	Regulated and normal T cell expressed and secreted
RGC	Retinal Ganglion Cell
ROS	Reactive Oxygen Species
RPE	Retinal Pigment Epithelium
SDF	Stromal-derived Factor
sTNF-R	Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor-Receptor
STZ	Streptozotocin
TGF	Transforming Growth Factor
TLR	Toll-like Receptor
TNF	Tumor Necrosis Factor
UKPDS	United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study
VEGF	Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor