Some chemokines, including RANTES (SD vs. HC: p < 0.01; vs. MD: p < 0.05) and CCL2 (SD vs. HC: p < 0.01; vs. MD: p < 0.05), as well as growth factors such as VEGF (SD vs. HC: p < 0.01) (Figure 5A), were significantly increased in SD patients as well. Here, VEGFA is linked to Salla disease.