1. Overview of extracellular vesicles in health and disease / Rienk Nieuwland, Edwin van der Pol, and Augueste Sturk -- 2. The biogenesis of exosomes / D. Michiel Pegtel -- 3. Extracellular vesicle-mediated epigenetic reprogramming of cells / Giovanni Camussi, Federica Collino, and Maria C. Deregibus -- 4. An overview of novel and conventional methods to detect extracellular vesicles / Edwin van der Pol, Ton G. van Leeuwen, and Rienk Nieuwland -- 5. Preanalytical variables / Romaric Lacroix, Coralie Judicone, Stephane Robert, Laurent Arnaud, Florence Sabatier, and Fran�oise Dignat-George -- 6. Procoagulant assays / Barry J. Woodhams -- 7. Capture-based assays for extracellular vesicles within the blood / Jean Amiral -- 8. Flow cytometry / Romaric Lacroix, Stephane Robert, Florence Sabatier, and Francoise Dignat-George -- 9. Atomic force microscopy measurement of extracellular vesicles derived from plasma / Yuana Yuana and Susanne Osanto -- 10. Light-scattering methods to characterize extracellular vesicles / Don A. Gabriel, Sam Glover, Regina Bowling, and Nigel Key -- 11. Nanoparticle tracking analysis / Chris Gardiner and Rebecca Dragovic -- 12. Extracellular vesicle proteomic analysis / Andres F. Pargui�a and Angel Garcia -- 13. Microvesicles and exosomes in cancer / Rebecca Karp and Jeffrey Zwicker -- 14. Extracellular vesicles and tissue factor / Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou and Nigel Mackman -- 15. Extracellular vesicles in normal pregnancy and pre-eclampsia / Ian L. Sargent, Rebecca A. Dragovic, Dionne S. Tannetta, and Christopher W. Redman -- 16. Extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular disease / Anne-Clemence Vion and Chantal M. Boulanger -- 17. Extracellular vesicles in immunology / Els J. van der Vlist, Esther N.M. Nolte-'t Hoen, and Marca H.M. Wauben.