AD	Alzheimer’s Disease
BOB	Blood-Ocular-Barrier
CI	Confidence Interval
Hsps	heat shock proteins
H. pylori	Helicobacter pylori
HLA	Human leukocyte antigens
IG	Immunoglobulin
NOD	Nucleotide-Binding Oligomerisation Domain
NTG	Normal Tension Glaucoma
POAG	Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
PEG	Pseudo-Exfoliation Glaucoma
RUT	Rapid Urease Test
SD	Standard Deviation
WMD	Weighted Mean Differences