Serum concentrations of RAGE axis molecules in patients with TETs.

<p>Levels of sRAGE (a), esRAGE (b) and HMGB1 (c) in sera of patients with TETs including patients with paraneoplastic MG (MG n = 11) compared to healthy volunteers are shown. To rule out the influence of MG on levels of circulating sRAGE (d) and HMGB1 (e) in patients with TETs, patients with MG were excluded from this analysis. The levels of sRAGE in non-invasive (Masaoka-Koga stage I) and invasive TETs (Masaoka-Koga stages II-IV) are shown (f). <i>RAGE</i> receptor for advanced glycation endproducts, <i>sRAGE</i> soluble RAGE, <i>esRAGE</i> endogenous secretory RAGE, <i>HMGB1</i> high mobility group box1, <i>TETs</i> thymic epithelial tumors, <i>n</i> number, <i>MG</i> Myasthenia gravis.