1. Exosomes in urine: Who would have thought…?
M.A. Knepper, T. Pisitkun 
Kidney International 
Volume 72, Issue 9, Pages (November 2007)
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2. Figure 1
Urinary exosome morphology and biogenesis. (a) Electron micrograph of negatively stained urinary exosomes (scale bar, 50 nm). (b) Electron micrograph of a renal inner medullary collecting duct cell (scale bar, 100 nm). Uncoated vesicles (asterisks) and coated vesicles (arrow) are indicated. MVB, multivesicular body. (c) Schematic of urinary exosome formation and release into the urine. E1, ubiquitin-activating enzyme; E2, ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme; E3, ubiquitin-protein ligase; AP, adaptor protein; Ub, ubiquitin; CCP, clathrin-coated pit (clathrin molecules are shown in green); ESCRT, endosomal sorting complex required for transport; Vps4, vacuolar protein sorting 4; ALIX, ALG-2 interacting protein X; ILVs, intraluminal vesicles.
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