In particular, we found nine MM and two PCL samples with MEST gene expression levels exceeding the cut-off value ("positive" patients); likewise, we identified four MGUS, 47 MM, and three PCL "positive" patients for GULP1, and one MGUS, ten MM, and one PCL for EVL, although for each of these three genes some of the samples displayed a gene expression level slightly above the cut-off value (Fig. 4). This evidence concerns the gene EVL and Miyoshi myopathy.