The extracellular matrix or the collagen gel gives the tissue integrity, and in part, determines its mechanical properties.

细胞外基质或者说胶原蛋白凝胶,使组织成为一个整体,在某种程度上,决定了组织的机械性能

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Extracellular matrix in most tissues is abundant in collagen and other proteins like collagen.

大部分组织中的细胞外基质,都富含胶原蛋白和其他类似蛋白

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What extracellular matrix you have in any particular tissue is there because there's a balance between it being produced by one kind of cell and digested by another, and you're in this sort of state of dynamic equilibrium.

特定组织中,细胞外基质的多少,取决于一个,分泌与降解的平衡,这是一种动态的平衡关系

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