Data Statistics (last updated November 2006)

Research Subjects Enrolled

• Total number of subjects enrolled in research studies: 422
• Number of muscle biopsies collected for research: 350
• Number of blood samples collected for research: 72
• Size of our Research Subjects Clinical and Pathological (RSCP) Database: 434 MB

Microarray Studies

• Number of microarray experiments: 177
• Number of muscle biopsy microarrays: 125
• Number of blood sample microarrays: 53

Pathology Studies

• Total number of pathological frozen sections cut, stained, and examined: >3,000
• Size of Inflammatory Myopathy Pathology Image Database (IMPID): 100 GB
• Number of high-resolution digital images in the IMPI Database: 2300

Proteomic Studies

• Total size of Proteomic Data generated: 110 GB

Immunoglobulin Sequences

• Total number of immunoglobulin heavy chain gene transcripts sequenced from patients with inflammatory myopathies: >3000