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. 2013 Jul;2(6):261–272. doi: 10.1089/wound.2012.0417

Table 1.

Major classes of extracellular matrix proteins that participate in cutaneous wound repair

Class Examples
Structural Collagens
  Elastin
  Fibrillins
  Fibulin
Multidomain adhesive glycoproteins Fibronectins
  Vitronectin
  Laminins
  Matrilins
Glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans Hyaluronan
  Proteoglycans
  Decorin
  Biglycan
  Perlecan
  Syndecans
  Versican
Matricellular proteins Thrombospondins
  Tenascin C and X
  CCN (such as CCN2/CTGF)
  SPARC/BM-40/Osteonectin
  Osteopontin