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Extracellular vesicles and particles have important roles in physiology and disease. Advances in isolation and characterization technologies have enabled the identification of new particles. Supermeres are the newest addition to the rapidly expanding repertoire of the cell secretome, and provide exciting opportunities for clinical translation.

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Fig. 1: Extracellular vesicles and particles.
Fig. 2: Extracellular particle isolation strategies and clinical potential.

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Clancy, J.W., Boomgarden, A.C. & D’Souza-Schorey, C. Profiling and promise of supermeres. Nat Cell Biol 23, 1217–1219 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41556-021-00808-5

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