Fig. 3.
Ultrafiltration recovers more particles compared to ultracentrifugation. (a) Size distribution of particles before density gradient purification. (b) Percentage of particle size ranges from ultracentrifugation and ultrafiltration isolations. (c) Ultrafiltration was shown to significantly increase the recovery of <100 nm particles compared to ultracentrifugation; n=3±SEM, *p<0.05. (d) Western blot analysis of equal volumes from ultracentrifugation and ultrafiltration did not show a large difference in protein markers for exosomes. UC: ultracentrifugation; UF: ultrafiltration.