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Table 4. Bivariate Pearson’s correlation coefficients between the eleven target genes based on normalized mRNA levels obtained for all ventilated samples (n = 22).

Gene	ELN	LOX	FBLN5	TNC	DBN1	ITGA6	ITGB1	MMP2	MMP14	TIMP1
ELN
LOX	0.50^c
FBLN5	0.49^c	0.90^a
TNC	0.59^c	0.42	0.55^c
DBN1	0.22	0.58^b	0.74^a	0.40
ITGA6	0.47^c	0.65^a	0.67^a	0.59^b	0.64^a
ITGB1	0.61^b	0.57^b	0.50	0.51^c	0.20	0.70^a
MMP2	0.23	-0.04	-0.07	0.02	-0.06	0.27	0.59^b
MMP14	0.17	-0.03	-0.19	0.28	0.02	0.20	0.43^c	0.49^c
TIMP1	0.36	0.20	0.14	0.15	0.10	0.41	0.69^a	0.85^a	0.38
TIMP2	0.34	0.08	-0.04	0.37	-0.19	0.31	0.76^a	0.84^a	0.62^b	0.75^a

^a P < 0.001; ^b P < 0.01; ^c P < 0.05.