PMID- 33730750 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210608 LR - 20210608 IS - 0300-0729 (Print) IS - 0300-0729 (Linking) VI - 59 IP - 3 DP - 2021 Jun 1 TI - Matrix metalloproteinases and chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis. Unravelling a puzzle through a systematic review. PG - 245-257 LID - 10.4193/Rhin20.578 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The expression of metalloproteinases (MMPs) in chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) was reviewed in order to investigate their possible use as therapeutical targets and/or biomarkers. METHODOLOGY: The differences between CRSwNP and normal controls or CRS without NP, as well as the effects of various treatments on MMPs, tissue inhibitors of MMPs (TIMPs) and MMP/TIMP ratios were considered as primary outcomes. Additional factors reported to affect MMP expression levels were noted as secondary outcomes. Data regarding inflammatory subtypes, patientsaeuro clinical characteristics, controls, laboratory method(s) and origin of samples were also pooled. Studies on 10 or fewer patients or on specimens other than nasal and serum were excluded. RESULTS: Forty-three studies were included. Tissue sample origin, allergic rhinitis, smoking, infection, medication intake and primary or recurrent disease should be considered as confounding factors for MMP levels. MMP-1 and -7 were consistently found to be significantly higher in CRSwNP patients than controls. CRSwNP endotypes with distinctly different inflammation patterns seem to present similar MMP-related remodelling patterns. CONCLUSIONS: The existing literature has revealed several population and methodology related confounding factors and remains inconclusive regarding the roles of MMPs in CRSwNP pathophysiology and their possible clinical usefulness as biomarkers and therapeutical targets. FAU - Lygeros, S AU - Lygeros S AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Patras, Medical School, Patras, Greece. FAU - Danielides, G AU - Danielides G AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Patras, Medical School, Patras, Greece. FAU - Grafanaki, K AU - Grafanaki K AD - Department of Biochemistry and Department of Dermatology School of Medicine, University of Patras, Greece. FAU - Riga, M AU - Riga M AD - Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Dammam Medical Complex, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Systematic Review PL - Netherlands TA - Rhinology JT - Rhinology JID - 0347242 RN - EC 3.4.24.- (Matrix Metalloproteinases) SB - IM MH - Chronic Disease MH - Humans MH - Matrix Metalloproteinases MH - Nasal Mucosa/pathology MH - *Nasal Polyps/pathology MH - *Rhinitis/pathology MH - *Sinusitis/pathology EDAT- 2021/03/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/06/09 06:00 CRDT- 2021/03/17 20:20 PHST- 2021/03/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/06/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/03/17 20:20 [entrez] AID - 2758 [pii] AID - 10.4193/Rhin20.578 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Rhinology. 2021 Jun 1;59(3):245-257. doi: 10.4193/Rhin20.578. +Error%3A+CEFetchPApplication%3A%3Aproxy_stream()%3A+%0A%3Chtml%3E%3Chead%3E%0A%3Cmeta+http-equiv%3D%22content-type%22+content%3D%22text%2Fhtml%3Bcharset%3Dutf-8%22%3E%0A%3Ctitle%3E503+Server+Error%3C%2Ftitle%3E%0A%3C%2Fhead%3E%0A%3Cbody+text%3D%23000000+bgcolor%3D%23ffffff%3E%0A%3Ch1%3EError%3A+Server+Error%3C%2Fh1%3E%0A%3Ch2%3EThe+service+you+requested+is+not+available+at+this+time.%3Cp%3EService+error+-27.%3C%2Fh2%3E%0A%3Ch2%3E%3C%2Fh2%3E%0A%3C%2Fbody%3E%3C%2Fhtml%3E