Table 3.

MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 ELISA and MMP-8 fluorimetry measurements, the results are expressed as mean ± SD

	n	Before therapy	After therapy	P-value
MMP-2 ELISA [pg/ml]	10	4.93 ± 0.91	3.54 ± 0.71	0.005
MMP-9 ELISA [ng/ml]	10	414.59 ± 119.6	282.29 ± 101.19	0.005
TIMP-1 ELISA [pg/ml]	10	308.80 ± 7.44	249.78 ± 59.56	0.005
TIMP-2 ELISA [ng/ml]	10	26.20 ± 1.49	18.76 ± 2.79	0.002
MMP-8 Fluorimetry [RFU]	10	0.57 ± 0.85	0.1 ± 0.11	0.005
MMP-2 zymography	10	12570.98 ± 9164.32	5827.45 ± 5250.42	0.028
MMP-9 zymography	10	11176.68 ± 11255.3	2942.95 ± 2440.24	0.022