Metalloproteinases and Their Tissue Inhibitors in Comparison between Different Chronic Pneumopathies in the Horse

Table 7

MMP : TIMP ratios. shows significant differences to controls at . RAO: recurrent airway obstruction, IAD: inflammatory airway disease, and CIP: chronic interstitial pneumopathy.

	MMP-2 : TIMP-1	MMP-2 : TIMP-2	MMP-9 : TIMP-1	MMP-9 : TIMP-2	MMP-8 : TIMP-1	MMP-8 : TIMP-2
Controls ()	0.021	0.137	1.500	9.761	30.259	196.934
RAO ()	0.016	0.188	1.320	15.62	66.431	785.668
IAD ()	0.025	0.302	1.010	12.28	17.37	211.100
CIP ()	0.014	0.103	1.281	12.421	18.496	179.35