| AMD | age-related macular degeneration |
| RPE | retinal pigment epithelium |
| AREDS | Age-Related Eye Disease Study |
| GA | geographic atrophy |
| MNV | macular neovascularization |
| FAF | fundus autofluorescence imaging |
| SD-OCT | spectral domain optical coherence tomography |
| OCTA | optical coherence tomography angiography |
| IVFA | intravenous fluorescein angiography |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| ncRNAs | non-coding RNAs |
| mRNA | messenger RNA |
| miRNAs | micro RNAs |
| miRs | micro RNAs |
| lncRNAs | long non-coding RNAs |
| piRNAs | piwi interacting RNAs |
| circRNAs | circular RNAs |
| siRNAs | small interfering RNAs |
| ASO | anti-sense oligonucleotide |
| AGO2 | argonaute 2 |
| RISC | RNA-induced silencing complex |
| qRT-PCR | quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
| AAV | adeno-associated virus |
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