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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Aspects Med. 2017 Nov 11;60:115–122. doi: 10.1016/j.mam.2017.11.001

Figure 1. Classification of extracellular vesicles according to the mechanism of generation.

Figure 1

Exosomes are generated intracellularly from multivesicular bodies. Microvesicles are produced by budding from the extracellular membrane. Apoptotic vesicles are released upon cell fragmentation during apoptotic cell death. Representative sizes are shown at the bottom.