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This database includes a comprehensive profile of circulating pro- and anti-inflammatory molecules (cytokines, chemokines and growth factors) obtained from a group of 53 patients with muscular laminopathy, 10 with non-muscular laminopathy, 22 with other muscular disorders and 35 healthy controls. Data obtained by Luminex multiple immune-assay identify TGF-b2, IL-17 and G-CSF as potential biomarkers in discriminating between muscle-related laminopathy and healthy subjects. The different expression of IL-1b, IL-4 and IL-8 among the different forms of laminopathy provides a new hint for the understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms underlying the diverse phenotypes caused by <em>LMNA</em> mutations.