| 7DHC | 7-dehydrocholesterol |
| 7kCHOL | 7-ketocholesterol |
| AdjP | adjusted p-value |
| ARE | antioxidant response element |
| BCS | bovine calf serum |
| BLRB | bilirubin |
| BLVD | biliverdin |
| BVRD | biliverdin reductase |
| BSA | bovine serum albumin |
| BSS | balanced salt solution |
| CDK | cyclin-dependent kinase |
| CHOL | cholesterol |
| CHOP | C/EBP homologous protein (also known as: Ddit3; Gadd 153) |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| CO | carbon monoxide |
| DAPI | 4′,6-diamido-2-phenylindole |
| DAVID | database for annotation, visualization and integrated discovery |
| DEG | differentially expressed gene |
| DHCR7 | sterol Δ7-reductase |
| DIC | differential interference contrast |
| DMSO | dimethyl sulfoxide |
| EPCD | 5,9-endoperoxycholest-7-ene-3β,6α-diol |
| ER | endoplasmic reticulum |
| ERAD | endoplasmic reticulum-associated protein degradation |
| FC | fold change |
| GO | gene ontology |
| GSH | reduced glutathione |
| Herpud1 | homocysteine-responsive ER protein with ubiquitin-like domain 1 |
| Hmox1 | heme oxygenase-1; HO-1 |
| hpβCD | hydroxypropyl-beta-cyclodextrin |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| RIN | RNA integrity score |
| RPE | retinal pigment epithelium |
| SLOS | Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome |
| SV40 | simian virus 40 |
| Trib3 | tribbles homologue 3; Trb3 |
| UPR | unfolded protein response |
| VC | vehicle control |
| WAG | weighted average difference |