Skip to main content

Table 2 Different collagen types are organized in various suprastructures

From: Processing of collagen based biomaterials and the resulting materials properties

Supra structure

Collagen types

Fibril

I, II, III, V, XI, XXIV, XXVII

Fibril associated (FACIT)

IX, XII, XIV, XVI, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII

Network

IV, VI, VIII, X

Anchoring fibrils

VII

Transmembrane collagens

XIII, XVII, XXIII, XXV

Multiplexin

XV, XVIII

  1. Type I dominates the tissues which are used as raw material for medical devices [55]