简介:Exosomes,secretedbymanylivecells,aresmallnon-cellvesicleswithnanoparticle-gradesize.Inadditiontotheoriginalfunctionofdiscardingtheuselessfulmembranemolecules,exosomesareinvolvedinarangeofimmunoregulatoryfunctions.Dendriticcell-derivedexosomesandtumor-derivedexosomesarethebestcharacterizedvesicleswithpotentantitumoreffectbyefficienflyinducingimmuneresponse.Down-regtdationofimmuneresponseorinductionofimmunetoleranceisanotherinterestingfunctionofexosomes,Furtherfunctionalstudiesoftheexosomeswillshedlightontheapplicationofexosomes。