Research Article

Presence of Circulating miR-145, miR-155, and miR-382 in Exosomes Isolated from Serum of Breast Cancer Patients and Healthy Donors

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Characterization of exosomes by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Representative (a) SEM and (b) AFM micrographs showing the round shape of exosomes isolated from serum of BC patients using ExoQuick Exosome Precipitation Solution (System Biosciences, Palo Alto, CA), scale . (c) Histogram of the size distribution of exosomes from serum of BC patients, based on AFM data. The mean size of exosomes shown in the bell curve is . Frequency is in arbitrary units (A.U.).
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