| EV | Extracellular vesicles |
| sEVs | Small EVs |
| m/lEVs | Medium/large EVs |
| dUC | Differential ultracentrifugation |
| SEC | Size-exclusion chromatography |
| UF | Ultrafiltration |
| PEG | Poly-ethylene glycol |
| MVB | Multivesicular bodies |
| ESCRT | endosomal sorting complexes required for transport |
| NSF | N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor |
| SNARE | soluble N-ethylmaleimide sensitive factor (NSF) attachment protein receptor |
| ISEV | International Society for Extracellular Vesicles |
| MISEV | Minimal Information for Studies of Extracellular Vesicles |
| PBS | phosphate-buffered solution |
| EPCAM | epithelial cellular adhesion molecule |
| Go/PDA | graphene oxide/polydopamine |
| iPSC | induced pluripotent stem cell |
| SVF | stromal vascular fraction |
| DMC | dual-mode chromatography |
| LPPs | lipoproteins particles |
| HDLs | high-density lipoproteins |
| EXO | exosomes |
| MV | microvesicles |
| AB | apoptotic bodies |
| AFSCs | amniotic fluid stem cells |
| MSCs | mesenchymal stromal cells |
| SVF | stromal vascular fraction |
| ATGL | adipose triglyceride lipase |
| PPARγ | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma |
| FABP4 | fatty acid binding protein 4 |
| CAV1 | caveolin 1 |