| AAV | Adeno-associated viral vector |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| BSG | Basigin |
| BSG1 | Basigin-1 with three immunoglobulin domains |
| BSG2 | Basigin-2 with two immunoglobulin domains |
| CBA | Chicken beta-actin |
| cGMP | Cyclic guanosine monophosphate |
| CMV | Cytomegalovirus |
| CNTF | Ciliary neurotrophic factor |
| COS-1 | Immortalizing CV-1 cell line |
| CsCl | Cesium chloride |
| CSNB | Congenital stationary night blindness |
| CX3CL1 | C-X3-C motif chemokine ligand 1 or fractalkine |
| DHAP | Dihydroxyacetone phosphate |
| EMA | European Medicines Agency |
| ERG | Electroretinogram |
| FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
| G3P | Glycerol-3-phosphate |
| G3PDH | Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| G6P | Glucose-6-phosphate |
| GFP | Green fluorescent protein |
| GLP | Good laboratory practices |
| GLUT1 | Glucose transporter SLC2A1 |
| GMP | Good manufacturing practice |
| GNAT1 | rod transducin alpha subunit |
| HEK293 | Human embryonic kidney 293 cell line |
| HDAC4 | Histone deacetylase 4 |
| Ig | Immunoglobulin domain |
| ITRs | Invert terminal repeats |
| KLF15 | Krüppel-like factor 15 |
| LACT | Lactate |
| LCA | Leber congenital amaurosis |
| LCA2 | Leber congenital amaurosis with a mutation in the RPE65 gene |
| LCR | Locus control region |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| LRAT | Lecithin-retinol acyltransferase |
| MTCs | Lactate transporters |
| MPC | Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier |
| NADPH | Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate, reduced |
| NHPs | Non-human primates |
| NXNL1 | Nucleoredoxin-like 1gene |
| OPN1L/MW | Long and middle wave opsin gene |
| OXPHO | Oxidative phosphorylation |
| PDE6B | Phosphodiesterase 6B |
| PPP | Pentose phosphate pathway |
| PRPF31 | Pre-mRNA processing factor 31 |
| PUFA | Poly-unsaturated fatty acids |
| PYR | Pyruvate |
| qPCR | Quantitative polymerase chain reaction |
| RB1 | Tumor suppressor retinoblastoma 1 |
| rd1 | Retinal degeneration 1 mutant |
| RdCVF | Rod-derived cone viability factor |
| RdCVFL | Thioredoxin enzyme rod-derived cone viability factor long |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RP | Retinitis pigmentosa |
| RPE | Retinal pigmented epithelium |
| RPE65 | Retinal pigment epithelium protein of 65 kDa |
| SD-OCT | Spectral domain optical coherence tomography |
| SV40T | Simian virus 40 large T antigen |
| TCA | Tricarboxylic acid cycle |
| TXNRD | Thioredoxin reductase |