AA	arachidonic acid
ACER	alkaline ceramidase
AGK	acylglycerol kinase
Akt	protein kinase B
AMD	age-related macular degeneration
ATX	autotaxin
cAMP	cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CNV	choroidal neovascularization
COX	cyclooxygenase
DHA	docosahexaenoic acid
DLL4	delta-like ligand
eNOS	endothelial nitric oxide synthase
EP	prostaglandin E2 receptor
EPA	eicosapentaenoic acid
ERK	extracellular signal-regulated kinase
FGF	fibroblast growth factor
GLUT	glucose transporter
GTPases	guanosine triphosphatases
HIF	hypoxia inducible factor
HSV	herpes simplex virus
HRE	hypoxia response elements
IL	interleukin
iNOS	inducible nitric oxide synthase
LPA	lysophosphatidic acid
LPC	lysophosphatidylcholine
LPE	lysophosphatidylethanolamine
LysoPS	lysophosphatidylserine
MAPK	mitogen-activated protein kinase
mTOR	mammalian target of rapamycin
NV	neovascularization
OIR	oxygen-induced retinopathy
PA	phosphatidic acid
PA-PLA	phosphatidic acid specific phospholipase A
PC	phosphatidyl choline
PDGF	platelet-derived growth factor
PDR	proliferative diabetic retinopathy
PE	phosphatidylethanolamines
PG	prostaglandin
PGI2	prostacyclin
PI3K	phosphoinositide 3-kinase
PKC	protein kinase C
PLA	phospholipase A
PLD	phospholipase D
PPAR	peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor
PS	phosphatidylserine
PUFA	polyunsaturated fatty acid
ROCK	Rho-associated protein kinase
ROP	retinopathy of prematurity
RPE	retinal pigment epithelium
Rv	resolvin
RVO	retinal vein occlusion
SMase	sphingomyelinase
STAT	signal transducers and activator of transcription
SphK	sphingosine kinase
S1P	sphingosine 1-phosphate
TAZ	transcriptional co-activator with PDZ-binding motif
TNF	tumor Necrosis Factor
TX	thromboxane
VCAM	vascular cell adhesion molecule
VE	vascular endothelial
VEGF	vascular endothelial growth factor
VEGFR	vascular endothelial growth factor receptor
YAP	yes-associated protein