Figure 7.
Comparative proteomic and overall composition of different connective tissues. (a) Relative abundance of ECM proteins derived from studies that investigated the large numbers of proteins or complete proteomes in articular cartilage, skeletal muscle, tendon, ligament, and bone. For articular cartilage, skeletal muscle, ligament, and bone the data are from a single study; for tendon, relative abundance of top 10 proteins identified by both studies was averaged. (b) Relative quantity of whole tissue constituents in articular cartilage, skeletal muscle, ligament, tendon, bone, adipose tissue, and IVD.