Components of the Connective Tissue Stromal Matrix

Major Components of the Connective Tissue (Stromal) Matrix 

Where a stromal surface meets the epithelium, the fibroblasts interact with epithelial cells to form a basal lamina. This thin, flexible layer of specialized extracellular matrix (40 to 120 nm thick) underlies all epithelial cell sheets or tubes and is detected by 

3 The Connective Tissue Extracellular Matrixand Its Major Components 

Collagen functions and types Gene name Polvpeptide composition 

NETWORK (fine bone marrow/ COL8A1, COL8A2 [ (vnoyajav)] 

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