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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acta Biomater. 2019 May 23;95:131–151. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2019.05.051

Figure 3. ECM materials that can be used to scaffold and vascularize transplanted islets.

Figure 3.

Fibrin scaffolds are polymerized from fibrinogen present in the blood plasma (a). Matrigel is isolated from a murine sarcoma (a). Collagen can be isolated from many sources, with skin shown here as an example (a). Decellularized pancreatic tissue may be a natural scaffold for islet transplant (b). Matrix materials can be selected and combined to promote islet vascularization and health.