| EV | Extracellular vesicles |
| MS | Mass spectrometry |
| ESI LC-MS/MS | Liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry |
| GBM | The glioblastoma multiforme |
| 2DE | Two-dimensional electrophoresis |
| NTA | Nanoparticle tracking analysis |
| AFM | Atomic force microscopy |
| DLS | Dynamic light scattering |
| CCM | Conditioned culture medium |
| emPAI | Exponential modified form of protein abundance index |
| FASP | Filter-aided sample preparation |
| cryo-EM | Cryo-electron microscopy |
| HPA | Human protein atlas |