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. 2017 May 15;15(6):522–534. doi: 10.2450/2017.0353-16

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Cellular microparticles: a mobile storage pool of bioactive effectors.

Membrane microparticles are shed from the plasma membrane of stimulated cells, harbouring cytoplasmic proteins as well as bioactive lipids implicated in a variety of fundamental processes. MHC: major histocompatibility complex; GPI: glycosylphosphatidylinositol. (Adapted with permission from Hugel et al., 2005113.)