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Table 2 Comparison of the seven methods

From: Advances in mesenchymal stem cell exosomes: a review

Isolation methods

Separation basis

Purity

Recovery rate

Differential centrifugation with addition of 30% sucrose buffer solution

Density, size, etc.

High

Low [23, 24]

Precipitation

Polymer precipitation

Low

High [25,26,27,28,29]

Flushing separation

Positive charge adsorption

High

Low [30]

Ultrafiltration

Size

High

Low [31,32,33,34]

Immunomagnetic bead method

Antigen-antibody specific reaction

High

[11, 35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44]

Microfluidic separation

Density, size, etc.

High

[42, 43]

Mass spectrometry

Ion-to-mass ratio

High

[44, 45]