| APE | lung adenocarcinoma |
| AUC | area under the curve |
| BBB | blood–brain barrier |
| BC | Breast Cancer |
| ccRCC | clear-cell Renal Cell Carcinoma |
| cfNAs | cell-free nucleic acids |
| CRPC | castration-resistant prostate cancer |
| CTCs | circulating tumor cells |
| DNAM1 | DNAX Accessory Molecule-1 |
| dUC | differential Ultracentrifugation |
| DGC | Density Gradient Centrifugation |
| EGFR | epidermal growth factor receptor |
| EVs | Extracellular vesicles |
| EXPOs | exocyst-positive organelles |
| FFE | Free-Flow Electrophoresis |
| FFF | Field-Flow Fractionation |
| GMP | Good Manufacturing Practice |
| HCC | hepatocellular carcinoma |
| HEK293 | human embryonic kidney cells |
| HIC | Hydrophobic interaction chromatography |
| HULC | Highly Upregulated in Liver Cancer |
| HUVECs | human umbilical vein endothelial cells |
| ISEV | International Society for Extracellular Vesicles |
| IL | Interleukin |
| lEVs | large extracellular vesicles |
| mEVs | milk-derived extracellular vesicles |
| MISEV | Minimal Information for Studies of Extracellular Vesicles |
| MRC-9 | normal fibroblasts |
| MSCs | mesenchymal stem cells |
| NK | natural killer |
| NPE | benign pleural lesions |
| NSCLC | non-small cell lung cancer |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered saline |
| PCa | Prostate Cancer |
| PDEVs | Plant-derived extracellular vesicles |
| PD-L-1 | Programmed Death-Ligand 1 |
| pDMG | pediatric diffuse midline gliomas |
| PEG | Polyethylene glycol |
| pHGG | pediatric High-Grade Glioma |
| PTX | Paclitaxel |
| SCLC | small cell lung cancer |
| sEVs | small extracellular vesicles |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| TFF | Tangential flow filtration |
| TfR | transferrin receptor |
| Ti-EVs | tumor Tissue Extracellular vesicles |
| TPE | pleural tuberculosis |
| uEVs | urine Extracellular vesicles |