Extracellular Vesicles: Composition, Biological Relevance, and Methods of Study

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 783-797

  Zaborowski, Mikołaj P ^a,b,c   Balaj, Leonora ^a,b   Breakefield, Xandra O ^a,b   Lai, Charles P ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b The Harvard Center for Neurodegeneration & Repair   (United States)

^c POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

exosomes; extracellular vesicles; intercellular communication; methods; microvesicles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938826085     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biv084     Document Type: Review

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