PLAUR and Miyoshi myopathy: Based on our previous data of asbestos-induced MM (GEO Accession No. GSE48298) in rats, both histological subtypes of MM, i.e., the epithelioid (EM) and sarcomatoid (SM) subtypes, showed approximately 6–7-fold increase in uPAR expression compared with scraped normal mesothelial cells (Figure 1A).