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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Healthc Mater. 2021 Jul 23;11(5):e2100596. doi: 10.1002/adhm.202100596

Figure 3:

Figure 3:

Exosome biogenesis and internalization mechanisms. Extracellular contents are first internalized and processed by the source cell, ultimately forming intraluminal vesicles contained within multivesicular bodies. Exosomes are then released into the extracellular environment and internalized by recipient cells through six known mechanisms, which can either induce a cellular response or lead to cellular clearance.