VCAN and liver dysplastic nodule: In the 13 diabetic DN biopsies renal versican expression was furthermore significantly correlated with serum creatinine at time of biopsy (spot 1: R = 0.70, p = 0.008, spot 2: R = 0.58, p = 0.04) and with chronic histological damage (spot 1: R = 0.68, p = 0.01, spot 2: R = 0.62, p = 0.03) (figures S4 and S5).