Distinct and early increase in circulating MMP-9 in COVID-19 patients with respiratory failure

Affiliations

• ¹ Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Rikshospitalet, P.B. 4950 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; K.G. Jebsen TREC, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway.
• ² Department of Microbiology, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
• ³ Department of Acute Medicine, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
• ⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Drammen Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen, Norway.
• ⁵ Department of Microbiology, Norway.
• ⁶ Research Institute of Internal Medicine, Rikshospitalet, P.B. 4950 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo Norway; Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious, Diseases, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
• ⁷ Department of Infectious Diseases, Oslo University Hospital, Norway; Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
• ⁸ Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Department of Internal Medicine, Drammen Hospital, Vestre Viken Hospital Trust, Drammen, Norway.