Table 1.

Characteristics of endothelial microparticles[9]

Characteristic	Microparticles
Size	100-1000 nm
Mechanism of formation	Outward blebbing of plasma membrane
How detected	Flow cytometry, capture-based assays and electron microscopy
Characteristic features	Annexin V-positivity and presence of cell-specific surface markers
Composition	Protein, RNA and miRNA
Membrane properties	Externalized phosphatidylserine, rich in lipid rafts and impermeable
Name of antigens	CD31 (PECAM-1)
	CD51 (vitronectin receptor, αv β3)
	CD105 (endoglin)
	CD144 (VE-cadherin)
	CD146 (S-Endo 1-associated antigen)