Table 1 Vesicle types included in this review
From: Immersed in a reservoir of potential: amniotic fluid-derived extracellular vesicles
Vesicle type | Description (as indicated in the studies) | Vesicle size range (nm) |
|---|---|---|
Exosomes | Includes both ultracentrifugation-based crude extractions and further purified vesicles using density gradient centrifugation, filtration, or chromatographic methods | 30–150 |
Microparticles | Isolated using a 13,000–18,000g centrifugations | 100–200 |
Microvesicles | Isolated using a final 100,000g ultracentrifugation | 100–400 |
Nanovesicles | Isolated using a final 100,000g ultracentrifugation | 40–200 |
Extracellular vesicles | Isolation methods vary: 20,000–200,000g centrifugations, commercial kits and polymeric precipitation methods May or may not involve further purification using density gradient centrifugation, filtration, or chromatographic methods | 30–1000 |
Small extracellular vesicles | Isolated using a 100,000g ultracentrifugation | 30–150 |