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We induced choroidal angiogenesis by laser photocoagulation in 15 tree shrews and obtained mRNA profiles of their choroids and retinas by high-throughput transcriptome sequencing. Hierarchical cluster analysis, weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA), protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis, hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining, CD31 immunohistochemistry (IHC), and reverse transcription quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) were performed. After laser photocoagulation, we obtained a total of 350 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in the choroid, including 59 genes in Module-FASN (\u201cME-FASN\u201d) module and 28 genes in Module-RPL (\u201cME-RPL\u201d) module. A total of 69 DEGs in retina, including 20 genes in Module-SLC (\u201cME-SLC\u201d) module. Bioinformatics analysis demonstrated that DEGs in choroid were mainly involved in membrane transport; DEGs in \u201cME-RPL\u201d were prominent in pathways associated with IgA production, antigen presentation, and cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) signaling. DEGs in \u201cME-FASN\u201d were involved in fatty acid metabolism and PPAR signaling pathway, while DEGs in \u201cME-SLC\u201d were involved in GABAergic synapse, neuroactive life receptor interaction, cholinergic synapse, and retrograde endocannabinoid signaling pathway. PPI network analysis demonstrated that the ribosomal protein family genes (<jats:italic>RPL31, RPL7, RPL26L1,<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>RPL19<\/jats:italic>) are key factors of \u201cME-RPL,\u201d acyl-CoA superfamily genes (<jats:italic>ACACA, ACAT1, ACAA2,<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>ACACB<\/jats:italic>) and <jats:italic>FASN<\/jats:italic> are key factors of \u201cME-FASN\u201d and superfamily of solid carrier genes (<jats:italic>SLC17A6, SLC32A1, SLC12A5,<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>SLC6A1<\/jats:italic>) and complement genes (<jats:italic>C4A, C3,<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>C2<\/jats:italic>) are key factors of \u201cME-SLC.\u201d In conclusion, the present study discovered the important signal transductions (fatty acid metabolic pathway and CAMs signaling) and genes (ribosomal protein family and the complement system) in tree shrew CNV. 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