Research Article

Association between MMP/TIMP Levels in the Aqueous Humor and Plasma with Axial Lengths in Myopia Patients

Table 2

Protein concentrations in the AH and PL.

ProteinsMW, kDaAH concentration: (, ), pg/mLPL concentration: (, ), pg/mLRatio
ODOSOD/PLOS/PL

MMP-145.16.57
(5.66, 8.17)
7.33
(5.96, 8.41)
507.29
(367.27, 780.99)
1/1001/100
MMP-2724912.00
(4106.50, 5772.50)
4633.00
(3738.00, 5459.00)
121122.00
(113326.25, 130046.50)
4/1004/100
MMP-728369.64
(283.35, 495.15)
369.64
(253.61, 477.89)
17895.50
(10156.25, 27812.25)
2/1002/100
MMP-98219.55
(14.79, 34.43)
16.17
(13.42, 25.31)
34705.50
(27343.75, 55667.50)
00
MMP-105768.50
(50.90, 91.35)
65.80
(48.60, 92.00)
244.21
(201.37, 319.98)
28/10027/100
TIMP-1286121.50
(5321.75, 7542.00)
6509.50
(5107.50, 7410.50)
1588.00
(1446.50, 1772.00)
385/100410/100
TIMP-221.711155.50
(9548.25, 12878.00)
11451.00
(9515.00, 13219.75)
3114.00
(2911.50, 3384.00)
358/100368/100
TIMP-3302818.00
(1369.25, 6134.25)
24675.00
(855.19, 37349.75)
3633.50
(1822.25, 5469.50)
78/100679/100
TIMP-42278.85
(61.77, 111.30)
83.72
(60.90, 108.58)
355.37
(277.13, 425.40)
22/10024/100

MW: molecular weight; AH: aqueous humor; PL: plasma; OD: right eye; OS: left eye; Ratio OD/PL: the ratio of median concentration in the AH of OD to that of PL; the same for Ratio OS/PL.