| AD | Alzheimer’s disease |
| AKT | protein kinase B |
| AMD | age-related macular degeneration |
| ASO | antisense oligonucleotide |
| circRNA | circular RNA |
| COQ10 | coenzyme Q10; ubiquinone |
| COX | cytochrome c oxidase subunit |
| CREB | cAMP response element binding protein |
| CROT | carnitine-O-acetyltransferase |
| dAMD | dry AMD |
| EMT | epithelial-to-endosomal transition |
| ETC | electron transport chain |
| KEAP1 | Kelch-like ECH-associated protein 1 |
| LNA | locked nucleic acid |
| lncRNA | long non-coding RNA |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| MnSOD | manganese superoxide dismutase |
| mtDNA | mitochondrial DNA |
| ncRNA | non-coding RNA |
| ND | (mitochondrial) NADH dehydrogenase subunit |
| NFE2L2 | nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2; NFE2 like bZIP transcription factor 2 |
| NOX | NADPH oxidase |
| NRF | nuclear respiratory factor |
| nt | nucleotide |
| OXPHOS | oxidative phosphorylation |
| PD | Parkinson’s disease |
| PGC-1α | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator-1 alpha |
| PINK1 | PTEN-induced putative kinase 1 |
| PPARGC1A | gene coding PGC-1α |
| ROS | reactive oxygen species |
| RPE | retinal pigment epithelium |
| SIRT1 | silent information regulator factor 2-related enzyme |
| TFAM | mitochondrial transcription factor |
| TGF | transforming growth factor |
| UTR | untranslated region |
| VEGF | vascular endothelial growth factor |
| wAMD | wet AMD |