Although extracellular vesicles (EVs) are by far the most studied carriers of extracellular small RNAs involved in cell-to-cell communication, most extracellular small RNAs are actually present as soluble vesicle-free supramolecular complexes. Several proteins have been described as the counterparts of these RNase-protected complexes. Here we describe a method for the purification and analysis of non-vesicular extracellular RNA derived from the conditioned media of mammalian cell culture. Focus on this fraction will increase our understanding on extracellular RNA biology, while serving as a source for biomarker discovery complementary to EVs.
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Tosar, J. P., & Cayota, A. (2018). Detection and analysis of non-vesicular extracellular RNA. In Methods in Molecular Biology (Vol. 1740, pp. 125–137). Humana Press Inc. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7652-2_10
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