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. 2021 Apr 18;22(8):4194. doi: 10.3390/ijms22084194

Table 3.

Extracellular vesicles in thrombotic microangiopathies.

Disease Study Cellular Origin of EV EV Biomarkers EV Pathological Significance Reference
STEC-HUS Ståhl, A.-L.; et al.,
Arvidsson, I.; et al.
platelets, monocytes, neutrophils Tissue factor, phosphatidylserine (PS), C3, C9 Promotion of thrombosis
EV reflect complement activation
[22,78]
STEC-HUS Varrone, E.; et al.,
Ståhl, A.-L.; et al.,
Johansson, K.; et al.
EV carrying Shiga toxin Delivery system of Shiga toxin to the kidney
involvement in renal cell injury
[79,80,81]
TTP Tahmasbi, L.; et al.,
Jimenez, J.J.; et al.
platelets,
endothelial
cells
CD62E (E-selectin), VWF, intercellular adhesion molecule 1 (ICAM-1), platelet endothelial cell adhesion molecule (PECAM-1; CD31) and endoglin (CD105) Pro-coagulant and pro-adhesive roles [82,83]
TTP Tati, R.; et al. Endothelial cells C3, C9 EV reflect complement activation [84]