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. 2024 May 28;14:12267. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-62783-9

Figure 5.

Figure 5

Comparison between optimized differential ultracentrifugation (UC48min), density ultracentrifugation (dUC) and Exoquick (EXO) separation methods. (a) Nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) graphic represents particle size distribution in x-axis (nm) and concentration in y-axis (particle/mL). (b) Western-blot (WB) signals obtained from CD9, CD81, CD63, Flotillin-1, Alix and THP markers. Western-blot images were cropped; the original blots are presented in Fig. S9 from Supplementary Material S2. (c) Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) micrographs, in which the scale bar corresponds to 200 nm. Black and red arrows indicate small EVs (SEVs) and EXO polymer, respectively. NTA and WB techniques were performed in 3 urine samples (only one sample is represented), and TEM in one sample.