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. 2018 Jul 31;22(Suppl 2):S66–75. doi: 10.5213/inj.1836154.077

Table 1.

Chemical composition of extracellular matrix in human tissue

Extracellular matrix tissue source Component
Reference
Fibronectin Laminin Collagen Other components
Human mesenchymal stem cell Fibronectin (FN1) Laminin Collagen I–II Fibulin-1, fibrillin-1, filamin-A, perlecan [42]
Collagen VI (α1), collagen VI (α2), collagen VI (α3), collagen XII (α1) Periostin, tenascin C, transforming growth factor-betainduced protein ig-h3, transglutaminase 2, thrombospondin-1 versican
Human adipocyte Fibronectin (FN) (cold-insoluble globulin) L aminin α2, laminin α4, laminin β1, laminin β2, laminin γ1 Collagen I (α1), collagen I (α2), collagen III (α1), collagen IV* (α1), collagen V (α1), collagen VI (α1), collagen VI (α2), collagen VI (α3), collagen XIII (α1), collagen XIV (α1) (undulin), collagen XV (α1), collagen XVIII (α1) Proteoglycan IV, agrecan, decortin, cartilage intermediate layer protein, mimecan (osteoglycin), nidogen 1 (entactin), nidogen 2 (osteonidogen), periostin, dermaportin, tenascin C and X [29]
Fibulin-1
Human breast cancer Oncofetal fibronectin Laminin 111, laminin 332 Collagen I, collagen III, collagen IV–V Fibrilin, fibulin, elastin, epigrilin, entactin, vitronectin, proteoglycans, hyaluronan, glycoprotein [35]
Ligament tissue Fibronectin I Laminin β1 Collagen I, collagen III, collagen IV–VI, collagen XI–XII Proteoglycans IV, versican, vibrilin I, decorin, bigylcan sulphated glyco-saminosglycans, elastin, small rich leucine protein [43-46]
Lymphoid tissue Fibronectin Laminin α1, laminin α2, laminin α4, laminin α5, laminin γ, laminin β1, laminin β2, pan-laminin, laminin 332 Collagen I, collagen III, collagen IV Tenascin [47,48]
Bone Fibronectin, vitronectin Laminin Collagen I, collagen III Osteopontin, osteocalcin, osteonectin, chondroitin sulphate, thrombospodin I, thrombospodin II, secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine, R-spondin, bone sialoprotein, dentin matrix acidic phosphoprotein-1, matrix extracellular phosphoglycoprotein, matrix-gla protein, periostin, aspirin, biglycan, decoran, keratocan, matrix metallopreoteinase (MMP2 & 14) [31,49]
Human corneal tissue (epithelial and stroma) Fibronectin Laminin 5 (α3β3γ2) Collagen I–IX K eratan sulphate, chondroitin sulphate, N-acetylglucosamine [36,37,50]
Laminin 10 (α5β1γ1) Collagen XII–XIV
Collagen XVII–XVIII
Skin tissue Fibronectin (in basement membrane) Laminin α3β3γ2 Collagen I, III, IV–VII E lastic fiber (elastin, microfibrilar component, fibrillar), glycosaminoglycans, heparan sulfate, nidogen [32,51]
Laminin α5β1γ1