MMP2 and Alzheimer disease: Decreased levels of plasma MMP-2 (Lim et al., 2011) and elevated levels of MMP-9 in post-mortem cortical tissue (Bruno et al., 2009), CSF samples (Adair et al., 2004), and plasma samples (Lorenzl et al., 2003b) of AD patients have been reported, and shown to bear direct correlation with worsening Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores (Bruno et al., 2009; Lim et al., 2011).