Table 3 of VanDerMeid, Mol Vis 2011; 17:1056-1063.


Table 3. Percent recovery of MMPs diluted in buffer or extracted from spiked Schirmer strips.

  Recovery in assay buffer Recovery in extraction buffer

MMP
Diluted sample
(Mean/SE)
Extracted SS sample
(Mean/SE)
Diluted sample
(Mean/SE)
Extracted SS sample
(Mean/SE)
MMP-1 92.1 ± 7.8 88.9 ± 4.0 91.1 ± 9.7 78.5 ± 7.5
MMP-2 94.3 ± 3.1 89.4 ± 5.1 86.8 ± 3.9 81.4 ± 5.0
MMP-7 93.6 ± 5.0 68.2* ± 5.1 86.7 ± 2.5 76.3 ± 17.3
MMP-9 96.7 ± 9.2 86.1 ± 8.5 100.2 ± 8.3 84.5 ± 6.8
MMP-10 87.0 ± 6.3 79.3 ± 2.7 94.4 ± 7.5 77.2 ± 3.4