“…Wang et al, 2012). To date, inhibition or genetic deficiency of nSMase2 is a method widely used to prevent exosome secretion in various cell types and tissues (Chairoungdua, Smith, Pochard, Hull, & Caplan, 2010; Dinkins et al, 2014; Dinkins, Enasko, et al, 2016; Dinkins, Wang, & Bieberich, 2016; Goldkorn, Chung, & Filosto, 2013; Guo, Bellingham, & Hill, 2015; Kong, He, et al, 2015; Kosaka et al, 2010; Marsh & van Meer, 2008; Menck et al, 2017; Shamseddine, Airola, & Hannun, 2015; Tan et al, 2013; Trajkovic et al, 2008; Yuyama, Sun, Mitsutake, & Igarashi, 2012). nSMase2 converts sphingomyelin into ceramide, a reaction shown to be instrumental for exosome secretion in vitro (Trajkovic et al, 2008) (Fig.…”