| PR | Photoreceptors |
| RP | Retinitis pigmentosa |
| AMD | Age-related macular degeneration |
| mESCs | Mouse embryonic stem cells |
| hESCs | Human embryonic stem cells |
| CRX | Cone-rod homeobox |
| iPSCs | Induced pluripotent stem cells |
| IS | Inner segment |
| IPL | Inner plexiform layer |
| INL | Inner nuclear layer |
| OPL | Outer plexiform layer |
| ONL | Outer nuclear layer |
| GCL | Ganglion cell layer |
| OS | Outer segment |
| POS | Photoreceptor outer segment |
| RGC | Retinal ganglion cells |
| RPE | Retinal pigmented epithelium |
| LCA | Leber’s congenital amaurosis |
| JSRD | Joubert syndrome and related disorders |
| RPGR | Retinitis pigmentosa GTPase regulator |
| TRNT1 | tRNA nucleotidyl transferase CCA adding 1 |
| NRL | Neural leucine zipper |
| DSB | Double stranded break |
| PCARE | Photoreceptor cilium actin regulator |
| XLRP | X-linked retinitis pigmentosa |