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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 10.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Biomed Eng. 2015 Mar 10;43(3):489–500. doi: 10.1007/s10439-015-1297-4

FIGURE 1.

FIGURE 1

(a) The extracellular matrix is composed of many different proteins, including collagen, fibonectin, and laminin, which were carefully preserved in decellularized heart tissue in a study by Ott et al.45 (b) The cellular microenvironment is a complex biophysical and biochemical environment where cells reside. This microenvironment includes degradable structural fibers, adhesive binding domains, and proteoglycans for biomolecule sequestration.