Levels and molecular forms of MMP‐7 (matrilysin‐1) and MMP‐8 (collagenase‐2) in diseased human peri‐implant sulcular fluid

Abstract

The elevated levels of MMP-8 and matrilysin-1/MMP-7 were identified in active forms in diseased PISF, but MMP-7 was less prominent. MMP inhibitors, potential future tissue protective drugs, seemingly do not interfere with the defensive antibacterial action of MMP-7.