Extracellular Vesicles
Synonyms
Apoptotic Bodies
Apoptotic Body
Bodies, Apoptotic
Body, Apoptotic
Exovesicle
Exovesicles
Extracellular Vesicle
Vesicle, Extracellular
Vesicles, Extracellular
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.