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SUBMITTER: Perez-Boza J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5824360 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pérez-Boza Jennifer J Lion Michelle M Struman Ingrid I
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 20171227 3
Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles of around 100 nm of diameter produced by most cell types. These vesicles carry nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and other biomolecules and function as carriers of biological information in processes of extracellular communication. The content of exosomes is regulated by the external and internal microenvironment of the parent cell, but the intrinsic mechanisms of loading of molecules into exosomes are still not completely elucidated. In this study, by th ...[more]