“…MMP-3, MMP-9, and MMP-13 levels increased in animals induced with osteoarthritis [18,30,33,34,63], but the TIMP-2 level was shown to decline [72]. Similarly, MMP-13, MMP-3, MMP-2, and MMP-9 increased in the cell line model of osteoarthritis [26,28]. Furthermore, several studies have investigated the MMP-13 level in osteoarthritis patients, and consistent observation is obtained, whereby the MMP-13 level increased significantly in patients with osteoarthritis [30,48,59,[73][74][75][76][77][78].…”