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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.

Year introduced: 2016

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Tree Number(s): A11.284.295.588

MeSH Unique ID: D000067128

Entry Terms:

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

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