MDPI	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
DOAJ	Directory of open access journals
TLA	Three letter acronyms
LD	Linear dichroism
DR	Diabetic retinopathy
TTR	Transthyretin
LncRNA	Long non-coding RNA
MEG3	Maternally expressed gene 3
LncRNA-MEG3	Long non-coding RNA of maternally expressed gene 3
shRNA	Short hairpin RNA
miR-223-3p	Micro RNA-223-3p
PABPC1	Polyadenylate-binding protein cytoplasmic 1
hRECs	Human retinal microvascular endothelial cells
Co-IP	Co-immunoprecipitation
hRPECs	Human retinal pigment epithelial cells
GRP78	78-kDa glucose-regulated protein
ceRNA	Competing endogenous RNA
OCT	Optical coherence tomography
HEK293	Human embryonic kidney 293
silncRNA-MEG3	Small interfering lncRNA-MEG3
OE lncRNA-MEG3	Overexpression lncRNA-MEG3