Anatomy

Extracellular Vesicles

Membrane limited structures derived from cell membranes and cytoplasmic material, and released into EXTRACELLULAR SPACE. They circulate through the EXTRACELLULAR FLUID and through the peripheral blood in the MICROVASCULATURE where cells, much larger, cannot, thereby affecting a variety of intercellular communication processes.

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Membrane limited structures derived from cell membranes and cytoplasmic material, and released into EXTRACELLULAR SPACE. They circulate through the EXTRACELLULAR FLUID and through the peripheral blood in the MICROVASCULATURE where cells, much larger, cannot, thereby affecting a variety of intercellular communication processes.

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  • Extracellular Vesicle
  • Vesicle, Extracellular
  • Vesicles, Extracellular
  • Apoptotic Bodies
  • Exovesicles
  • Apoptotic Body
  • Bodies, Apoptotic
  • Body, Apoptotic
  • Exovesicle

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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2016

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  1. A11w.284w.295w.588w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Extracellular Vesicles. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000067128. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000067128
  2. Extracellular Vesicles. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracellular_vesicle
  3. Extracellular Vesicles. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21097485