Exosomes: composition, biogenesis and function

Clotilde Théry; Laurence Zitvogel; Sebastian Amigorena

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journal article Aug 01, 2002

Exosomes: composition, biogenesis and function

Clotilde Théry

Laurence Zitvogel

Sebastian Amigorena

Nature Reviews Immunology Vol. 2 No. 8 pp. 569-579 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Published: Aug 01, 2002
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4Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus (GRCC), Villejuif, France.; 5Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1015, Villejuif, France.; 6Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.; 7Center of Clinical Investigations in Biotherapies of Cancer (CICBT) 1428, Villejuif, France.

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Sebastian Amigorena

1Institut Curie, PSL University, Inserm U932, Immunity and Cancer, Paris, France.; 5Mnemo Therapeutics, Paris, France.

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Clotilde Théry, Laurence Zitvogel, Sebastian Amigorena (2002). Exosomes: composition, biogenesis and function. Nature Reviews Immunology, 2(8), 569-579. https://doi.org/10.1038/nri855

Exosomes: composition, biogenesis and function

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