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. 2023 Oct 25;18(3):462–478. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjad178

Table 8.

Role of TGF-β in vitro expression of MMPs and TIMPs

In vivo In vitro
Pro/anti-fibrotic Expression in intestinal fibrosisa mRNAb Proteinb
TGF-β1 Pro-fibrotic MMP-1 ↔; TIMP-1 ↑ MMP-2 and TIMP-1 ↑;
MMP-3 ↔; MMP-9 ↑;
MMP-12 ↓
TGF-β2 TIMP-1 ↑
TGF-β3 Anti-fibrotic TIMP-1 ↔

↑ = increased expression compared to control.

↓ = decreased expression compared to control.

↔ = similar expression compared to control.

aCompared to non-fibrotic control.

bCompared to non-treated control.