TIMP2 and neoplasm: Significant correlations were found between detection of MT1-MMP and MMP-2 in tumour cell cytoplasm (P< 0.05), of MT1-MMP and TIMP-2 in tumour cell cytoplasm (P< 0.01), and of MMP-2 and TIMP-2 in tumour cell cytoplasm (P< 0.01).