| BCA | Bicinchoninic acid protein assay |
| CCM | Conditioned culture medium |
| CL | Cell lysates |
| CM | Culture medium |
| EDTA | Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid |
| EV | Extracellular vesicle |
| F | fraction |
| FACS | Fluorescence-activated cell sorting |
| FBS | Fetal bovine serum |
| HBS | HEPES buffered saline |
| HBS-T | HBS + 0.005% Tween 20 |
| HD | Healthy donor |
| HEPES | 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid |
| HRP | Horseradish peroxidase |
| IMDM | Iscove’s Modified Dulbecco’s Medium |
| LDS | Lithium dodecyl sulfate |
| MES | 2-(N-morpholino) ethane sulfonic acid |
| MISEV | Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles |
| MM | Multiple myeloma |
| NDMM | Newly diagnosed Multiple Myeloma |
| NTA | Nanoparticle tracking analysis |
| p | p-value |
| PBS | Phosphate-buffered saline |
| PBS-T | PBS + 0.005% Tween 20 |
| PVDF | Polyvinylidene difluoride |
| RIPA | Radioimmunoprecipitation assay |
| RT | Room temperature |
| SDS | Sodium dodecyl sulfate |
| SEC | Size-exclusion chromatography |
| sUC | Sucrose cushion ultracentrifugation |
| TBS | Tris-buffered saline |
| TBS-T | TBS + 0.1% Tween 20 |
| UC | Ultracentrifugation |
| UF | Ultrafiltration |
| UF-SEC | Ultrafiltration combined with size-exclusion chromatography |