| AMD | Age-related macular degeneration |
| RPE | Retinal pigment epithelial cells |
| dKO | Double knockout |
| WT | Wild type |
| NFE2L2 | Nuclear Factor, Erythroid 2 Like 2 |
| PGC1α | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha |
| LC3B | Microtubule-associated proteins 1A/1B light chain 3B |
| PINK1 | PTEN-induced kinase 1 |
| PARKIN | E3 ubiquitin ligase |
| LAMP2 | Lysosome-associated membrane protein 2 |
| Rab(5/7) | RAS-related GTP-binding proteins (5/7) |
| PRCs | Photoreceptor cells |
| POS | Photoreceptor outer segments |
| p62/SQSTM1 | Sequestosome-1/ ubiquitin-binding protein p62 |
| OMM | Outer mitochondrial membrane |
| NBR1 | Neighbor of BRCA1 gene 1 protein |
| OPTN | Optineurin |
| AMBRA1 | Autophagy and beclin-1 regulator 1 |
| LIR | LC3-interacting region |
| Bnip3 | BCL2 interacting protein 3 |
| Nix/Bnip3L | BCL2-like 3 |
| FUNDC1 | FUN14 domain-containing 1 |
| Bcl2L13 | BCL2-like 13 |
| TOM20 | Mitochondrial import receptor subunit TOM20 |
| TEM | Transmission electron microscopy |
| TMN | Total mitochondrial number |
| pS65 | Phospho-ubiquitin serine 65 |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| AF | Autofluorescence |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RNS | Reactive nitrogen species |
| AMPK | 5′-adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase |
| NaIO3 | Sodium iodate |
| NAC | N-acetylcysteine |