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. 2016 Jul 14;12:287–295. doi: 10.2147/VHRM.S103877

Table 2.

Effects of different types of exercise on MMPs

Study Samples Training type Length of study Tissue Outcome P-value
Souza et al62 Wistar rats (N=32; C=8, C-OB=8, EG=8, EG-OB=8) RT 12 weeks Skeletal muscle MMP-2 ↑ P<0.05
Leite et al59 Wistar rats (N=32; C=8, C-OB=8, EG=8, EG-OB=8) RT 12 weeks Left ventricle MMP-2 ↑ P<0.01
Nascimento et al63 Obese elderly women (N=10) RT Acute Plasma MMP-2 ↓
MMP-9 ↓
P<0.05
Rullman et al60 Healthy males (N=10) RT 5 weeks Skeletal muscle MMP-2 ↑
MMP-9 ↑
P<0.001
P<0.05
Scheede-Bergdahl et al61 Type 2 diabetic males (N=22; C=10, T2D=12) RT 8 weeks Skeletal muscle MMP-2 ↑ P<0.05
Donley et al69 MetS females (C=22, MetS=22) AT 8 weeks Plasma MMP-1 ↓ P<0.05
Rullman et al68 Healthy males (N=10) AT Acute Skeletal muscle MMP-2 ↔
MMP-9 ↑
P<0.05
P<0.05
Shon et al65 ApoE-/- mice (N=68; C=15, C-OB=26, EG=9, EG-OB=18) AT 10 weeks Atheroma MMP-2 ↓
MMP-9 ↓
P<0.05
P<0.05
Posa et al51 Wistar rats (N=70; C=35, EG=35) AT 6 weeks Plasma MMP-2 ↓ P<0.001
Kwak et al64 Aging rat model (N=40; C=10, EG=10, O=10, O-EG=10) AT 12 weeks Left ventricle MMP-1 ↓
MMP-2 ↓
MMP-9 ↔
P<0.05
P<0.05
NS
De Aro et al66 Wistar rats (N=77; C=11, 1d1h=11, 1d3h=11, 3d1h=11, 3d3h=11, 6d1h=11, 6d3h=11) AT 1, 3, 6 days Calcaneal tendon MMP-2 ↔, ↔, ↑
MMP-9 ↔, ↔, ↔
P<0.05
NS
Nishijima et al67 Wistar rats (N=4, EG=16) AT 1 week Hippocampus MMP-2 ↔
MMP-9
NS
P<0.05

Note: “↑” indicates an increased level; “↓” indicates a decreased level; and “↔” indicates no change.

Abbreviations: ApoE−/−, apolipoprotein E knockout; AT, aerobic exercise; C, control; C-OB, control obese; d, days, EG, exercise group; EG-OB, obese exercise group; h, hours; MetS, metabolic syndrome; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; NS, not shown; O, old; O-EG, old exercise group; RT, resistance training; T2D, type 2 diabetes.