Table 1.

Identifying properties of EVs

	Exosomes	Microvesicles	Apoptotic bodies
Centrifugation speed [g]	100 000–200 000	10 000–20 000	2000
Density [g mL−1]	1.10–1.21	N/A	1.16–1.28
Diameter [nm]	30–100	100–1000	1000–5000
Morphology	Round/cup‐shaped, homogeneous	Heterogeneous	Heterogeneous
Protein markers	ESCRTs, CD9, CD63, TSG101, ALIX, MHC‐I/II, Hsp70	CD40, CD62, selectins, integrins, flotillin‐2, KIF23, CEE1L/CAS, RACGAP1	Annexin V, TSP, C3b, histones, CNX, CRP55