LGALS1 and multiminicore myopathy: Recently, it has been published that, in peripheral blood sera, galectin-1 protein level was borderline significantly higher in MMD compared to healthy controls and that the levels of this lectin in peripheral blood are not associated with OS, response to treatment and clinical pathological parameters [108]; on the other hand, this study shows only a positive correlation between galectin-1 and soluble (s)CD163, a macrophage activation marker, and sCD138 [108].