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ArticleSTAR protocols2026

Protocol to isolate endosomal and small extracellular vesicles from cultured cells through ultracentrifugation.

Maria Nolasco Domingues, Luís Palhinhas, Paulo Pereira, João Vasco Ferreira

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Article in STAR protocols, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Maria Nolasco DominguesiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Luís PalhinhasiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.
Paulo PereiraiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: paulo.pereira@nms.unl.pt.
João Vasco FerreiraiNOVA4Health, NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, NMS|FCM, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: joao.ferreira@nms.unl.pt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Here, we present a protocol to isolate endosomal fractions using sucrose-density gradient ultracentrifugation and to recover small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), enriched in exosomes, using sequential ultracentrifugation from mammalian cell lines. This combined approach enables the separation and analysis of early endosome (EE), late endosome (LE), and sEV fractions. We provide detailed procedures for cell culture preparation, conditioned media collection, differential centrifugation, gradient layering, and fraction purification, facilitating downstream characterization and functional assays. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Ferreira et al.

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Cell FractionationEndosomesExtracellular VesiclesUltracentrifugationAnimalsCells, CulturedCentrifugation, Density GradientHumansCell BiologyCell cultureCell MembraneCell separation/fractionation

Identifiers

PMID42054211
PMCPMC13136696

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