ILK and telomere syndrome: An additional finding was an association of three ‘significantly deregulated’ proteins (vinculin, Integrin-linked protein kinase (ILK) and Creatinine Kinase type B) to be associated with vascular invasion, a negative prognostic factor in STS, although it was noted that a strong conclusion could not be drawn on account of the small sample size with only four cases with vascular invasion.