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MeSH Heading: Multivesicular Bodies
Tree Number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.880.337.500
Unique ID: D057146
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057146
Scope Note: Endosomes containing intraluminal vesicles which are formed by the inward budding of the endosome membrane. Multivesicular bodies (MVBs) may fuse with other organelles such as LYSOSOMES or fuse back with the PLASMA MEMBRANE releasing their contents by EXOCYTOSIS. The MVB intraluminal vesicles released into the extracellular environment are known as EXOSOMES.
Entry Term(s): Endosomal Carrier Vesicles; Multi-Vesicular Bodies
Public MeSH Note: 2010; see ENDOSOMES 2009
History Note: 2010; use ENDOSOMES 2009
Date Established: 2010/01/01
Date of Entry: 2009/07/06
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Multivesicular Bodies MeSH Descriptor Data 2025