Gene description for TSPO
Gene name	translocator protein
Gene symbol	TSPO
Other names/aliases	BPBS BZRP DBI IBP MBR PBR PBS PKBS PTBR TSPO1 mDRC pk18
Species	Homo sapiens
Experiment description of studies that identified TSPO in Plasma
1 Experiment ID 2848 Identified molecule protein Extracellular vesicle type Extracellular vesicles MISEV Small EVs Identification method Mass spectrometry PubMed ID 35058437    Organism Homo sapiens Experiment description Circulating ACE2-expressing extracellular vesicles block broad strains of SARS-CoV-2 Authors El-Shennawy L, Hoffmann AD, Dashzeveg NK, McAndrews KM, Mehl PJ, Cornish D, Yu Z, Tokars VL, Nicolaescu V, Tomatsidou A, Mao C, Felicelli CJ, Tsai CF, Ostiguin C, Jia Y, Li L, Furlong K, Wysocki J, Luo X, Ruivo CF, Batlle D, Hope TJ, Shen Y, Chae YK, Zhang H, LeBleu VS, Shi T, Swaminathan S, Luo Y, Missiakas D, Randall GC, Demonbreun AR, Ison MG, Kalluri R, Fang D, Liu H. Journal name Nat Commun Publication year 2022 Sample Plasma Sample name NWL-001 - Lung cancer patient Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation Ultracentrifugation Flotation density - Molecules identified in the study Protein Methods used in the study Western blotting Mass spectrometry EV-TRACK -