Extracellular vesicles were isolated according to standard protocols from our group [26 (link), 27 (link)]. Briefly, plasma aliquots were thawed and each 500 µl were diluted into 1 mL of 1X PBS and centrifuged at 3,000 × g for 20 min at 4 °C and later at 10,000 × g for 30 min at 4 °C to remove cell debris. Supernatants were recovered, diluted with 1X PBS, and centrifuged at 100,000 × g for 70 min at 4 °C into 6.5 mL, Open-Top Thickwall Polycarbonate Tubes (Beckman Coulter) in an Optima MAX Ultracentrifuge (Beckman Coulter). Finally, EVs pellets were resuspended in 1X PBS or lysed with 1X RIPA lysis buffer (Cell Signaling) and sonicated for 2 min for further analysis.
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