In the fascia of the DM group, the number of TNF-α-expressing cells was correlated with the TVIS (r = 0.7069, p = 0.0002) (Fig. 5e) and with the number of VEGF-expressing cells (r = 0.7177, p = 0.0002) (Fig. 5f). The gene discussed is TNF; the disease is dermatomyositis.