A B
mdx
vehicle simvastatin
mdx
vehicle simvastatin
C D
F G H
50-100 100-200
200-300 300-400
400-500 500-600
600-700 700-800
800-900 900-1000
1000-2000
>2000 0
10 20 30
Cross sectional area diaphragm
CSA [m2]
[% of fibers]
WT mdxvehicle mdxsimvastatin
$
$$$$ $$$$
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$
WT vehicle simvastatin 0
200 400 600
Fiber size diaphragm
Mean fiber size [m2]
mdx
✱
E
Supplementary Fig. 1
WT vehicle simvastatin 0
1 2 3
Inflammation diaphragm
[arbitrary unit]
mdx
✱✱✱✱
WT vehicle simvastatin 0
1 2 3
Hmox1 diaphragm
[vs. WT]
mdx 0,08
WT vehicle simvastatin 0.0
0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5
Collagen deposition diaphragm
[arbitrary unit]
mdx
✱✱✱✱
WT vehicle simvastatin 0
50 100 150 200 250
Spp1 diaphragm
[vs. WT]
mdx
✱
0 1 2 5 10 15 20
mRNA diaphragm
[vs. WT]
Tgfb1 Mmp11 Col1a1
mdxvehicle mdxsimvastatin
✱✱
✱✱
WT vehicle simvastatin 0
20 40 60 80
CNF diaphragm
[% of all fibers]
mdx
✱✱✱✱
A
B C D
0 1 2 3
mRNA diaphragm muscle
[vs. WT]
Vegf Kdr Ang1 Cxcl12
mdxsimvastatin mdxvehicle
✱✱✱✱
α-SMA/CD31/DNA mdx
vehicle simvastatin
WT
E
Supplementary Fig. 2
WT vehicle simvastatin 0
20 40 60
VEGF diaphragm
[pg/mg protein]
mdx
✱✱✱✱
WT vehicle simvastatin 0
500 1000 1500
SDF-1 diaphragm
[pg/mg protein]
mdx
✱✱✱
WT vehicle simvastatin 0
5 10 15 20 25
CD105 diaphragm
[ng/mg protein]
mdx
WT vehicle simvastatin 0
2×10-5 4×10-5 6×10-5 8×10-5
-SMA/CD31 positive vessels diaphragm
number/area
mdx
✱
Supplementary Fig. 3
control 0.1 M 1 M 0.0
0.5 1.0 1.5
Vegfa expression in C2C12
simvastatin
[vs.control]