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. 2021 Feb 13;5(3):256–274. doi: 10.7150/ntno.51676

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Biogenesis of extracellular vesicles. Exosomes are formed by inward budding of the endosomal membrane, followed by being released into the extracellular space. Whereas, microvesicles are formed by outward budding of the cell membrane, and apoptotic bodies are formed by outward blebbing of apoptotic cell membrane.