| AC | acellular capillary |
| Arg1 | arginase 1 |
| CCL2 | C-C motif chemokine ligand 2 |
| CCL3 | C-C motif chemokine ligand 3 |
| CD74 | major histocompatibility complex, class II invariant chain |
| C/EBP-α | CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein-α |
| CNS | central nervous system |
| DR | diabetic retinopathy |
| EAE | experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis |
| ERG | electroretinography |
| Flot1 | Flottilin-1 |
| Gapdh | glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase |
| GCL | ganglion cell layer |
| GFAP | glial fibrillary acidic protein |
| Iba1 | Ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1 |
| IL-1β | interleukin-1β |
| IL-10 | interleukin-10 |
| ILM | inner limiting membrane |
| INL | inner nuclear layer |
| IPL | inner plexiform layer |
| miR-124 | microRNA-124 |
| miR-inh | microRNA-124 inhibitor |
| NPDR | non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy |
| NVU | neurovascular unit |
| OLM | outer limiting membrane |
| ONL | outer nuclear layer |
| OPL | outer plexiform layer |
| PFA | paraformaldehyde |
| PRL | photoreceptor layers |
| Spi1 | Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1 (gene name of PU.1) |
| STZ | streptozotocin |
| TNF-α | tumor necrosis factor-α |
| TGF-β1 | transforming growth factor-β1 |