Holbrook K A, Odland G F
J Anat. 1978 May;126(Pt 1):21-36.
Bundles of collagen fibrils, elastic fibres and fibroblasts are organized into a network that lies in the plane of a large portion of the bat wing. By ultrastructural (TEM and SEM) and biochemical analyses it was found that individual bundles of the net are similar to elastic ligaments. Although elastic fibres predominate, they are integrated and aligned in parallel with small bundles of collagen. A reticulum of fibroblasts, joined by focal junctions, forms a cellular framework throughout each bundle. Because of the unique features of the fibre bundles of the bat's wing, in particular their accessibility, and the parallel alignment of the collagen fibrils and elastic fibres in each easily isolatable fibre bundle, they should prove a most valuable model for connective tissue studies, particularly for the study of collagen-elastin interactions.
胶原纤维束、弹性纤维和成纤维细胞组成了一个网络，该网络位于蝙蝠翅膀大部分区域的平面内。通过超微结构（透射电子显微镜和扫描电子显微镜）和生化分析发现，网络中的单个束状结构类似于弹性韧带。尽管弹性纤维占主导，但它们与小束状的胶原纤维平行整合且排列。通过粘着连接相连的成纤维细胞网状结构在每个束状结构中形成细胞框架。由于蝙蝠翅膀纤维束的独特特征，特别是其易获取性，以及每个易于分离的纤维束中胶原纤维和弹性纤维的平行排列，它们应能证明是结缔组织研究，尤其是胶原 - 弹性蛋白相互作用研究的极有价值的模型。
