"Extracellular Vesicles" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Membrane limited structures derived from cell membranes and cytoplasmic material, and released into EXTRACELLULAR SPACE. They circulate through the EXTRACELLULAR FLUID and through the peripheral blood in the MICROVASCULATURE where cells, much larger, cannot, thereby affecting a variety of intercellular communication processes.
| Descriptor ID |
D000067128
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.295.588
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| Concept/Terms |
Extracellular Vesicles- Extracellular Vesicles
- Extracellular Vesicle
- Vesicle, Extracellular
- Vesicles, Extracellular
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