Isolation of exosomes by differential centrifugation: Theoretical analysis of a commonly used protocol

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Livshts, Mikhail A ^a,c   Khomyakova, Elena ^b   Evtushenko, Evgeniy G ^d   Lazarev, Vassili N ^b,c   Kulemin, Nikolay A ^b,c   Semina, Svetlana E ^e   Generozov, Edward V ^b   Govorun, Vadim M ^b  

^a ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH AND CLINICAL CENTER OF PHYSICAL CHEMICAL MEDICINE OF FEDERAL MEDICAL BIOLOGICAL AGENCY   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^e N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTRIFUGATION; EXOSOME; HT-29 CELL LINE; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CELL FRACTIONATION; CENTRIFUGATION; EXOSOMES; HT29 CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84948672697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17319     Document Type: Article

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