Increased Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMPs) Levels Do Not Predict Disease Severity or Progression in Emphysema

• Jeanine M. D’Armiento,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Monica P. Goldklang,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Andrew A. Hardigan,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Health Sciences Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Patrick Geraghty,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Health Sciences Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Michael D. Roth,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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• John E. Connett,

  Affiliation Department of Biostatistics/CCBR, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, United States of America

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• Robert A. Wise,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Frank C. Sciurba,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Steven M. Scharf,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

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• Jincy Thankachen,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Monirul Islam,

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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• Andrew J. Ghio,

  Affiliation National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Robert F. Foronjy

  * E-mail: rforonjy@chpnet.org

  Affiliation Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Health Sciences Center, New York, New York, United States of America

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