Fig. 3

Expression of proteins of energy metabolism in IMs. The Y axis indicates the values of intensity (a.u) calculated by interpolation in the linear plot of HCT116 cells. The X axis represents patient samples from PM, DM and sIBM and the control (CTR) group. Box plots represent the lowest, lower quartile, median, upper quartile and highest observations of each marker in the different groups of pathologies. ○ and *, outlier and extreme values, respectively. The boxed * and ** in the X-axis indicates a p < 0.05 and p < 0.001 when compared to controls by Student’s t test, respectively