MMP9 and cervical carcinoma: The study found that intraperitoneal injection of MT could significantly inhibit tumor growth after transplanting cervical cancer cells into nude mice; it reduces the expression and activity of extracellular matrix factor, MMP-2, and MMP-9 by inhibiting the p38 signaling pathway, and inhibits the growth and metastasis of cervical cancer (Wu et al., 2017c).