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All body fluids contain cell-derived membrane-enclosed vesicles. Such vesicles are shed by prokaryotes and eukaryotic cells and contain messages to the environment. Cell-derived vesicles are thought to contribute to homeostasis, disease development, and progression, may provide novel biomarkers, and may ...

Enumeration of extracellular vesicles has clinical potential as a biomarker for disease. In biological samples, the smallest and largest vesicles typically differ 25-fold in size, 300,000-fold in concentration, 20,000-fold in volume, and 10,000,000-fold in scattered light. Due to this heterogeneity, ...