Deactivation of endothelium and reduction in angiogenesis in psoriatic skin and synovium by low dose infliximab therapy in combination with stable methotrexate therapy: a prospective single-centre study

Table 4 Vascularity

Blood vessels positive for von Willebrand factor (vWF; all blood vessels) and α_vβ₃ (newly formed blood vessels) as well as expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF; integrated optical density/mm²) before and 4 weeks after initiation of infliximab therapy. The data are expressed as mean ± standard error of the mean. *P ≤ 0.05, **P ≤ 0.02, versus baseline.

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