Clinical Study

Circulating Tissue Inhibitor of Matrix Metalloproteinase-4 (TIMP-4) in Systemic Sclerosis Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Arterial Pressure

Figure 2

Patients with SSc and elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP ≥40 mm Hg) have higher TIMP-4 levels and smaller MMP-9/TIMP-4 ratios (bars show SD) than the remaining patients (Mann-Whitney test).
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