Antiangiogenic VEGF Isoform in Inflammatory Myopathies
Figure 5
Quantitative analysis of pathological parameters in inflammatory myopathies. (a) A significant increase of the vessels density in IBM cases is detected. PM and DM cases showed a mild decrease of vessel density. (b) IBM cases showed the highest inflammatory score. § The DM outlier, with an unusually high inflammatory score, is a case of severe paraneoplastic DM, with high degree of myofiber necrosis and inflammation. (c) Regeneration index: the occurrence of regeneration showed a high variability among subjects, within the IIM subsets. The values are reported as means ± SD. All the statistical significant differences were reported.
