MMP7 and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: High-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and histopathologic evaluation of fibrosis and tissue destruction in IPF have been associated with pulmonary emphysema, with expression of MMP2, MMP7, MMP9, and MT1-MMP by fibroblasts of myofibroblastic foci being predominant in fibrosis [35].