Correlation between MMPs and their inhibitors in breast cancer tumor tissue specimens and in cell lines with different metastatic potential

Table 3 Correlation between MMPs and their inhibitors in human breast cancer cell lines

Pearson Correlation Test		R	p-value	n
MMP-2	MMP-9	-0.17	p = 0.1625	69
	MMP-14	0.47	p < 0.0001	72
	TIMP-1	0.25	p = 0.0346	72
	TIMP-2	0.10	p = 0.3979	69
	RECK	0.44	p < 0.0001	72
MMP-9	MMP-14	0.75	p < 0.0001	70
	TIMP-1	0.36	p = 0.0022	71
	TIMP-2	0.52	p < 0.0001	67
	RECK	0.32	p = 0.0059	71
MMP-14	TIMP-1	0.52	p < 0.0001	75
	TIMP-2	0.67	p < 0.0001	70
	RECK	0.67	p < 0.0001	74
TIMP-1	TIMP-2	0.68	p < 0.0001	71
	RECK	0.66	p < 0.0001	75
TIMP-2	RECK	0.80	p < 0.0001	70

Correlations between gene expressions data were calculated using Pearson Correlation test.
(n) Number of analyzed samples
(r) Pearson correlation coefficient

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