| [Ca2+]c | concentration of intracellular free calcium ion | 
| 2APB | 2-aminoethoxydiphenyl borate | 
| ACA | N-(p-amylcinnamoyl)anthranilic acid | 
| ADPR | ADP-ribose | 
| AMD | age-related macular degeneration | 
| ARPE19 | adult retinal pigment epithelial 19 | 
| Casp -3 | caspase -3 | 
| Casp -9 | caspase -9 | 
| Ca2+ | calcium ion | 
| CRISPR | clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats | 
| fROS | free reactive oxygen species | 
| GSH | glutathione | 
| GSHPx | glutathione peroxidase | 
| h-RPE | human retinal pigment epithelium | 
| MDA | malondialdehyde | 
| mMDP | mitochondrial membrane depolarization | 
| mPTP | mitochondrial permeability transition pore | 
| rGSH | reduced glutathione | 
| TRP | transient receptor potential | 
| TRPM2 | transient receptor potential melastatin 2 | 
| TSPO | 18 kDa mitochondrial translocator protein | 
| VDCC | anion protein of voltage-dependent channel |