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. 2019 Jul 14;20(14):3461. doi: 10.3390/ijms20143461
EVs Extracellular Vesicles
EX Exosomes
LMWMs Low-Molecular-Weight Metabolites
MV Microvesicles
UC Ultracentrifugation
SEC Size exclusion chromatography
DC Differential centrifugation
UF Ultrafiltration
IA Immune-affinity techniques
nPES Nanoplasmon-enhanced scattering
TEX Tumor-derived Exosomes
FFF Field-flow fractionation
WB Western blotting
FC Flow cytometry
ISAs Immunosorbent assays
EM Electron microscopy imaging
AFM Atomic force microscopy
NTA Nanoparticle tracking analysis
PCS Photon correlation spectroscopy
tRPS Tunable resistive pulse sensing
MS Mass Spectrometry
GC Gas chromatography
LC Liquid chromatography
UPLC Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography
TLC Thin Layer Chromatography
MALDI Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
EI Electron Impact
ESI Electrospray Ionization
APCI Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization
TOF Time-Of-Flight
Q Quadrupole
QqQ/QQQ Triple Quadrupole
LTQ Linear Trap Quadrupole
GL Glycerolipids
GP Glycerophospholipids
GSL Glycosphingolipids
PL Phospholipids
SP Sphingolipids
ST Sterol lipids
PR Prenol lipids
FA Fatty Acids
RBS Red blood cells
CAFs Cancer-associated fibroblasts
PCa Prostate Cancer
PANC Pancreatic cancer
uEV Urine derived extracellular vesicles
pEV Plasma derived extracellular vesicles
TAG Triacylglyceroles
Cer Ceramides
PS Phosphatidylserine
HMDB Human Metabolome Database