Objective. To study the interconnection between the indices of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) of type I collagen terminal telopeptides in patients with end-stage chronic kidney disease (CKD) and in patients with anterior abdominal wall hearnias.Materials and methods. 39 patients with CKD stage 5D, 24 patients with primary anterior abdominal wall hernias and 25 patients of the comparison group without visual signs of connective tissue dysplasia were included into the prospective study. The

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... entrations of the levels of MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-9, tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 1 (TIMP-1), TIMP-3, N-terminal telopeptide NTX-N, C-terminal telopeptide CTX-C were determined in plasma using the enzyme immunoassay (ELISA).Results. The end-stage patients with CKD and the patients with anterior abdominal wall hernias showed no statistically signifcant biochemical indices of ongoing bone tissue destruction based on the levels of terminal telopeptides NTX-N and CTX-C. There are statistically signifcant increases in the levels of MMP-1, MMP-2, MMP-9 (p ˂ 0.001) in the CKD stage 5D patients and major TIMP-1 and TIMP-3 (p ˂ 0.001) in relation to the comparison group. These indices were comparable with the changes in the connective tissue of the patients with primary anterior abdominal wall hernias.Conclusion. The obtained results indicate disturbances in the regulation of the synthesis and structural relationships of connective tissue in CKD stage 5D patients and in patients with primary anterior abdominal wall hernias. CKD stage 5D patients and primary anterior abdominal wall hernias reveal identical direct correlations in the indices of connective tissue metabolism according to NTX-N, MMP-1 and MMP-9, TIMP-1, which indicates similar disturbances in the regulation of the synthesis and structural disorders in connective tissue.