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. 2021 Aug 5;12:4730. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-24775-5

Fig. 1. Characterization of decellularized human brain-derived extracellular matrix (BEM).

Fig. 1

a Schematic illustration of the cerebral organoid culture system with a combination of 3D BEM hydrogel culture and the microfluidic device. b Schematic of the culture protocol for generating cerebral organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) using a brain-mimetic culture system. The developmental stage of organoids is shown at the bottom, the timeline for each developmental stage is shown in the middle, and the culture condition is shown at the top. cj Proteomic analysis for the identification of extracellular matrix (ECM) components in human BEM. The percentages of (c) matrisome proteins out of total proteins, and (d) the subtypes of matrisome proteins identified in BEM, Matrigel (Mat), and human brain tissue (n = 1 for Mat, n = 3 for BEM). e Total numbers of matrisome proteins detected in the human brain tissue and BEM. f The number of the brain-enriched proteins by at least 4-fold compared to other organs. g The top 10 biological process terms ordered by p value after gene ontology enrichment analysis of brain-enriched proteins exclusively present in BEM, which are not detected in Mat. The compositions of (h) matrisome proteins relative to total proteins and (i) the subtypes of matrisome proteins in three batches of BEM (biological replicates = 3). j Most abundant matrisome proteins found in each batch of BEM. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.