Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

The generation and use of recombinant extracellular vesicles as biological reference material

  • Edward Geeurickx,
  • Joeri Tulkens,
  • Bert Dhondt,
  • Jan Van Deun,
  • Lien Lippens,
  • Glenn Vergauwen,
  • Elisa Heyrman,
  • Delphine De Sutter,
  • Kris Gevaert,
  • Francis Impens,
  • Ilkka Miinalainen,
  • Pieter-Jan Van Bockstal,
  • Thomas De Beer,
  • Marca H. M. Wauben,
  • Esther N. M. Nolte-‘t-Hoen,
  • Katarzyna Bloch,
  • Johannes V. Swinnen,
  • Edwin van der Pol,
  • Rienk Nieuwland,
  • Geert Braems,
  • Nico Callewaert,
  • Pieter Mestdagh,
  • Jo Vandesompele,
  • Hannelore Denys,
  • Sven Eyckerman,
  • Olivier De Wever,
  • An Hendrix

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11182-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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There is no universal reference material to develop extracellular vesicle (EV) separation methods and carry out calibration and normalization. Here the authors use HIV-derived gag proteins to assemble recombinant fluorescent EV as a trackable reference material resembling the physical and biochemical properties of sample EV.