| ABC | ATP binding cassette |
| AMD | Age-Related Macular Degeneration |
| APP | amyloid-beta precursor protein |
| BMP | Bone Morphogenetic Protein |
| BRB | Blood Retinal Barrier |
| CEC | Choroidal Endothelial Cell |
| CP | Ceruloplasmin |
| DFO | Deferroxamine |
| DMT1 | divalent metal transporter 1 |
| Fe-S | Cluster Iron-Sulfur |
| FPN | Ferroportin |
| FT | Ferritin |
| HEPC | Hepcidin |
| HEPH | Hephaestin |
| HFE | Hemochromatosis protein |
| HFT | Heavy Ferritin chin |
| HIF | Hypoxia Inducible Factor |
| HJV | Hemojuveline |
| HRE | Hypoxia Responsive Element |
| IL | Interleukin |
| IRE | Iron Responsive Element |
| IRP | Iron Regulatory Protein |
| LCN2 | Lipocalin 2 |
| LF | Lactoferrin |
| LFT | Light Ferritin chain |
| LIP | Labile Iron Pool |
| MacTel 2 | Macular telangiectasia type 2 |
| MGC | Muller Glial cell |
| NTBI | Non-Transferrin Bound Iron |
| NLRP3 | NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 |
| PCBP | Poly(rC)-binding proteins |
| PrPC | Prion protein |
| PR | photoreceptor |
| REC | Retinal Endothelial Cell |
| ROS | Reactive Oxygen Species |
| RPE | Retinal Pigment Epithelium |
| SCARA5 | Scavenger receptor class A, member 5 |
| SMAD | Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 1 |
| TBI | Transferrin Bound Iron |
| TF | Transferrin |
| TFR | Transferrin Receptor |
| VEGF | Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor |
| ZP | Zyloklopen |
| ZIP | ZRT/IRT-like proteins |