| AMD | age-related macular degeneration |
| ATP | adenosine triphosphate |
| BW | body weight |
| EMT | epithelial to mesenchymal transition |
| EMT-TFs | EMT transcription factors |
| IKKβ | inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa-B kinase subunit beta |
| NaIO3 | sodium iodate |
| NF-κB | nuclear factor kappa B |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PFA | paraformaldehyde |
| RPE | retinal pigment epithelium |
| RT-qPCR | reverse transcription-quantitative PCR |
| TBS | Tris-buffered saline |
| TJP1 | tight junction protein 1 |
| ZO-1 | zonula occludens-1 |
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