The human plasma samples were filtered (Minisart NML syringe filters, pore size: 0.8 μm; Sartorius) and diluted with 1X phosphate‐buffered saline without calcium and magnesium buffer (Gibco) at 1:3 (v/v) ratio and processed for EV isolation by a charge—based isolation method as described before (Notarangelo et al., 2020 (link), 2019 (link)). The diluted plasma was recovered and processed for cfDNA isolation by QIAmp Circulating Nucleic Acid kit (Qiagen) (Lee et al., 2018 (link)).
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