Functional analysis of autophagy-related DEGs at an early stage of retinopathy (3 months) indicated that their protein products were associated with protein phosphorylation, innate immune response, negative regulation of apoptosis, intracellular signal transduction and protein transport, response to oxidative stress, regulation of proliferation, and activity of NF-κB. The gene discussed is NFKB1; the disease is retinal disorder.