| AGC | Automated gain control |
| AQP4 | Aquaporin 4 |
| ATP | Adenosine triphosphate |
| CA14 | Carbonic anhydrase 14 |
| CRB1 | Crumbs cell polarity complex component 1 |
| CRYAA | Crystallin alpha A |
| CRYAA2 | Crystallin alpha A2 |
| CRYAB | Crystallin alpha B |
| DAVID | Database for annotation, visualization and integrated discovery |
| DM | Diabetes mellitus |
| DR | Diabetic retinopathy |
| DTT | Dithiothreitol |
| EDN1 | Endothelin 1 |
| EGTA | Egtazic acid |
| ER | Endoplasmic reticulum |
| FACL4 | Acyl-CoA synthetase 4 |
| FDR | False positive rate |
| FOXO1 | Forkhead box O1 |
| GFAP | Glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| GO | Gene ontology |
| GPX4 | Glutathione peroxidase 4 |
| HCD | High-energy collision dissociation |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid |
| HSPB1 | Heat shock protein beta-1 |
| IAM | Iodoacetamide |
| IL-1β | Interleukin 1 beta |
| IPA | Ingenuity pathway analysis |
| JUN | Jun proto-oncogene |
| KCNJ13 | Potassium inwardly rectifying channel subfamily J member 13 |
| LC-MS | Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| LGALS3 | Galectin 3 |
| MAF | MAF bZIP transcription factor |
| MAM | Mitochondria-associated ER membrane |
| MERTK | MER proto-oncogene, tyrosine kinase |
| MRB | Mitochondrial re-suspension buffer |
| NDM | Non-diabetes mellitus |
| NFκBIA | Nuclear factor kappa-B inhibitor alpha |
| PCDH15 | Protocadherin related 15 |
| PDGFR | Platelet-derived growth factor receptor |
| PERK | Protein kinase R (PKR)-like endoplasmic reticulum kinase |
| PMSF | Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride |
| PPAR | Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor |
| PTEN | Phosphatase and tensin homolog |
| RBP3 | Retinol binding protein 3 |
| RD3 | Retinal degeneration 3 |
| RhoGDI | Rho GDP-dissociation inhibitor |
| RIPA | Radio immune precipitation assay |
| ROS | Reactive oxygen species |
| RP2 | Retinitis pigmentosa 2 |
| RP3 | Retinitis pigmentosa 3 |
| RPE65 | Retinal pigment epithelium-specific 65 kDa |
| RPLC-MS | Reversed phase liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry |
| RS1 | Retinoschisin 1 |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl-sulfate |
| SDS-PAGE | Sodium dodecyl-sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis |
| SERCA | Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase |
| STAT4 | Signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 |
| STEAP4 | Six-transmembrane epithelial antigen of the prostate 4 |
| STZ | Streptozotocin |
| SYVN1 | Synoviolin 1 |
| Tris-FA | Tris-formic acid |
| VCAM1 | Vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 |
| VEGF | Vascular endothelial growth factor |