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. 2017 Aug 7;9(8):211. doi: 10.3390/v9080211

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Exosome and microvesicle biogenesis. Exosomes originate from the inward budding of endosomes to form multivesicular endosomes (MVEs). MVEs then fuse with the cell surface membrane to release exosomes into the extracellular medium. Some MVEs fuse with lysosomes. Microvesicles are produced by direct budding from the plasma membrane.