AMD	age-related macular degeneration
AMPK	adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase
α-SMA	alpha-smooth muscle actin
CEC	choroidal endothelial cell
COL1A1	collagen type I alpha 1 chain
CNV	choroidal neovascularization
CTGF	connective tissue growth factor
EC	endothelial cell
ECM	extracellular matrix
EGF	epidermal growth factor
EMT	epithelial–mesenchymal transition
EndMT	endothelial–mesenchymal transition
ENOS	endothelial nitric oxide synthase
ERK	extracellular-signal-regulated kinases
ERM	epiretinal membrane
FAK	focal adhesion kinase
FDG-PET	fluorodeoxyglucose- positron emission tomography
FGF	fibroblast growth factor
FN	fibronectin
GA	geographic atrophy
GFP	green fluorescent protein
HGF	hepatocyte growth factor
HUVECs	human umbilical vein endothelial cells
ICAM	intercellular adhesion molecule
IGF	insulin-like growth factor
IL	interleukin
LAP	latency associated peptide
LTBP	latent TGFβ-binding protein
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
MMPs	matrix metalloproteinase
MMT	macrophage-myofibroblast transition
mtHsp70	mitochondrial heat shock protein
mTOR	mammalian target of rapamycin
nAMD	neovascular age-related macular degeneration
NRLP3	NLR Family Pyrin Domain Containing 3
PAI-1	plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1
PECAM-1	platelet-endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1
PET-MRI	positron emission tomography-magnetic resonance imaging
PDGF	platelet-derived growth factor
PDR	proliferative diabetic retinopathy
PGC1α	proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha
PI3K	phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase
PVR	proliferative vitreoretinopathy
OIR	oxygen-induced retinopathy
OxLDL	oxidized low density lipoprotein
Rho GTPase	ras-homologous GTPase
ROP	retinopathy of prematurity
ROS	reactive oxygen species
RPE	retinal pigment epithelium
RTK	receptor tyrosine kinase
RUNX1	runt-related transcription factor 1
siRNA	small interfering RNA
S1P	sphingosine-1-phosphate
Taz	transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif
TCF/LEF	t-cell factor/lymphoid enhancer-binding factor
Tead	transcriptional enhanced associate domains
TFs	transcription factors
TGFβ	transforming growth factor-β
TGFBR1	transforming growth factor-β receptor 1
TIE	tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin-like and EGF-like domains 1
TIMPs	tissue inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinase
TNF-α	tumor necrosis factor-α
TRPV4	transient receptor potential vanilloid 4
TSP1	thrombospondin 1
uPA	urokinase-type plasminogen activator
uPAR	urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor
VCAM	vascular cell adhesion molecule
VE-Cadherin	vascular endothelial-cadherin
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
vWF	von Willebrand Factor
Wnt	Wingless/Integrated
YAP	Yes-associated protein
Zeb	zinc finger E-box-binding homeobox
ZO-1	zonula occludens-1