MMP9 and Sepsis: In an animal model for sepsis, Maitra et al., demonstrated that MMP-9 levels together with glutamic oxaloacetic acid transaminase (GOT), glutamic pyruvic transaminase (GPT), and nitric oxide (NO) were decreased when septic rats were pre-treated with CMT 24 h and 1 h prior to cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) [40].