| 2D | Two-dimensional models |
| 3D | Three-dimensional models |
| ABs | Apoptotic Bodies |
| CEA | Carcinoembryonic antigen |
| circ-RNA | circular-RNA |
| CRC | Colorectal cancer |
| DC | Differential centrifugation |
| ECM | Extracellular Matrix |
| EPI | ExoDx Prostate IntelliScore |
| EVs | Extracellular Vesicles |
| EXOs | Exosomes |
| lEVs | Large EVs |
| ILVs | Intraluminal Vesicle |
| ISEV | International Society for Extracellular Vesicles |
| lncRNA | long non coding-RNA |
| miRNA | microRNA |
| ncRNAs | microRNA |
| MVBs | Multivesicular bodies |
| MVs | Microvesicles |
| NTA | Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis |
| PSA | Prostate-specific antigen |
| SEC | Size Exclusion Chromatography |
| sEVs | Small EVs |
| SP-IRIS | Single particle interferometric reflectance imaging sensing |
| TME | Tumor microenvironment |
| UC | Ultracentrifugation |