Table 1.

Source for isolating common ECM proteins

ECM Protein	Source	Reference
Collagen	Skin	(McPherson et al., 1986)
	Tail tendon	(Light and Bailey, 1979; Rajan et al., 2007)
	Fish Scale	(Nagai et al., 2004)
Fibronectin	Plasma	(Vuento and Vaheri, 1979)(Ruoslahti et al., 1982)
Laminin	Placenta	(Wondimu et al., 2006)
	Heart	(Paulssons and Saladin, 1989)
Elastin	Aorta	(Rasmussen et al., 1975)