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Table 1 Major subtypes of EVs and their physiological characteristics

From: Exosomal cargos-mediated metabolic reprogramming in tumor microenvironment

EVs subtype

Characteristics

Reference

Size (nm in diameter)

Membrane

Origin

Markers

Exosomes

40–160

Double

ILVs

CD9, CD63, CD81, HSP70, TSG101, flotillin-1, ALIX

[12]

Microvesicles

100–1000

Double

Plasma membrane

Selectins, intergrins, CD40, ARF6

[6]

Apoptotic bodies

50–5000

Double

Plasma membrane (during apoptosis)

C1q, ICAM-3, clathrin, Calreticulin, CD44v6

[5]

Exomeres

 < 50

Non

Separation from exosomes

Hsp90-b,

[7]

Supermeres

Around half the volume of exomere

Non

Separation from exomeres

TGFBi

[8]

Migrasomes

500–3000

Double

Retraction fibres (during migration)

NDST1, PIGK, CPQ, EOGT

[10]

Mitosomes

 

Double

Separation from migrasomes

 

[11]