VEGFA and Miyoshi myopathy: Expression of VEGF and its receptors flt-1 and KDR has been shown in several studies, supporting the existence of this autocrine pathway in MM (Konig, 1999; Kumar-Singh, 1999; Ohta, 1999a; Konig, 2000; Strizzi, 2001a; Catalano, 2002; Davidson, 2004).