The proteomic analysis of exosomes was performed using a label-free analysis technology. Protein was extracted from exosomes, quantified with BCA assay, digested by trypsin, and dried by centrifugal concentration. Then, the peptides were desalted using MonoSpin C18 desalting column (GL Sciences Inc., Japan, 5010-21701), analyzed by Orbitrap Fusion Lumos tandem mass spectrometry (Thermo Fisher Scientific) coupled to an EASY-nLC 1200 liquid chromatography system (Thermo Fisher Scientific). Protein identification and quantification were performed using Proteome Discoverer 2.4 (Database: Swissprot; taxonomy: Homo sapiens) with the default setting. The experiments and data analysis were offered by Wayen Biotechnologies (Shanghai, China). We used the Metascape platform online analytical tool to further analyze part of the proteomic analysis data.37 (link) The mass spectrometry proteomics data have been deposited to the ProteomeXchange Consortium via the PRIDE38 (link) partner repository with the dataset identifier PXD033839.
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