Cholesteryl esters and high protein-to-lipid ratios distinguish Non-Vesicular Extracellular Particles from Extracellular Vesicles
Sayam Ghosal, Rita Leporati, Árpád Varga…·Xabier Osteikoetxea
This paper identifies non-vesicular extracellular particles (167k-NVEPs) as a distinct class from EVs based on lipid composition, protein-to-lipid ratio, and size, with implications for disease biology and therapeutic delivery.