Association of CCR2-CCR5 Haplotypes and CCL3L1 Copy Number with Kawasaki Disease, Coronary Artery Lesions, and IVIG Responses in Japanese Children

BACKGROUND: The etiology of Kawasaki Disease (KD) is enigmatic, although an infectious cause is suspected. Polymorphisms in CC chemokine receptor 5 (CCR5) and/or its potent ligand CCL3L1 influence KD susceptibility in US, European and Korean populations. However, the influence of these variations on...

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Autores principales: Mamtani, Manju, Matsubara, Tomoyo, Shimizu, Chisato, Furukawa, Susumu, Akagi, Teiji, Onouchi, Yoshihiro, Hata, Akira, Fujino, Akihiro, He, Weijing, Ahuja, Sunil K., Burns, Jane C.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2898815/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20628649
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011458

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