Expression of the Matrix Metalloproteases 2, 14, 24, and 25 and Tissue Inhibitor 3 as Potential Molecular Markers in Advanced Human Gastric Cancer

Table 2

Median and interquartile range of MMPs and TIMPs expression in gastric cancer and superficial gastritis samples.

Gene	Gastric cancer			Superficial gastritis
	Median (𝐶𝑇)	25%	75%	Median (𝐶𝑇)	25%	75%
MMP1	29.50	27.20	28.51	29.00	25.92	27.86
MMP2	27.97	27.20	28.51	27.05	25.92	27.86
MMP3	36.71	35.10	37.32	34.54	32.79	37.85
MMP8	40.00	39.98	40.00	40.00	40.00	40.00
MMP9	35.15	34.01	35.96	34.45	31.15	35.84
MMP13	39.25	38.73	40.00	39.25	35.87	40.00
MMP14	28.35	28.08	28.35	27.66	26.93	28.09
MMP16	39.66	39.52	39.90	40.00	38.58	40.00
MMP24	38.90	36.16	40.00	35.74	34.33	37.22
MMP25	33.68	32.84	34.37	31.69	29.97	32.25
TIMP1	27.96	27.65	28.40	28.49	28.20	29.49
TIMP3	28.07	27.27	28.75	27.47	26.12	29.06

𝐶_𝑇: cycle threshold.