AAV	Adeno-associated virus
AMD	Age-related macular degeneration
AE	Adverse effect
BDNF	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
BIV	Bovine immunodeficiency virus
BCVA	Best-corrected visual acuity
C3	Exoenzyme C3 transferase
CA	Capsid
cDNA	Complementary DNA
CMV	Cytomegalovirus
CNTF	Ciliary neurotrophic factor
CNV	Choroidal neovascularization
cPPT	Central polypurine tract
Cas9	CRISPR-associated protein 9
CRISPR	Clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
EIAV	Equine infectious anemia virus
ERG	Electroretinography
FAF	Fundus autofluorescence
FIV	Feline immunodeficiency virus
FGF	Fibroblast growth factor
GFP	Green fluorescent protein
GMP	Good manufacturing process
HIV-1	Human immunodeficient virus 1
hPEDF	Human pigment epithelium-derived factor
IDLV	Integrase-deficient lentiviral vector
IN	Integrase
IOP	Intraocular pressure
iPSC	Induced pluripotent stem cell
IRD	Inherited retinal dystrophies
IVNV	Intravitreal neovascularization
LTR	Long terminal repeat
LV	Lentiviral vector
MA	Matrix
miRNA	microRNA
mRNA	Messenger RNA
MV	Measles virus
NC	Nucleocapsid
NHP	Non-human primate
OCT	Optical coherence tomography
OIR	Oxygen-induced retinopathy
OLM	Outer limiting layer
ONL	Outer nuclear layer
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
p.i.	Post injection
PRO	Protease
qPCR	Quantitative PCR
qRT-PCR	Quantitative RT-PCR
rAAV	Recombinant AAV
RCL	Recombinant-competent lentivirus
RGC	Retinal ganglion cell
RPE	Retinal pigment epithelium
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
ROP	Retinopathy of prematurity
RRE	Rev response element
RT	Reverse transcriptase
RRV	Ross River virus
SA	Splicing acceptor
scFV	Single-chain antibody
shRNA	Short hairpin RNA
SIN	Self-inactivating
SD	Splicing donor
seV	Sendai virus
sgRNA	Single guide RNA
SIV	Simian immunodeficiency virus
SFFV	Spleen focus-forming virus
sFlt-1	Fms-like tyrosine kinase-1
ssRNA	Single-strand RNA
SU	Surface
TAR	Tat activating region
TFF	Tangential flow filtration
TM	Transmembrane
TU	Transducing unit
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
VMD2	Vitelliform macular dystrophy 2
VSV-G	Vesicular stomatitis virus G
WPRE	Woodchuck hepatitis virus post-transcriptional regulatory element
WT	Wild type
Ψ	Packaging signal sequence