Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 and coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease
Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 and coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.03.010
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发表时间:
2007-08-01
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Hara, Toshiro
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作者:
Furuno, Kenji;Takada, Hidetoshi;Hara, Toshiro
Objective To identify cytokine genes uniquely expressed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMNCs) in the acute phase of Kawasaki disease (KD) with coronary artery lesions (CALs).Study design We screened the mRNA expression levels of PBMNCs from 4 pairs of KD patients with and without CAL using DNA microarray. The result was confirmed by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The genetic association study was performed to analyze the significance of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the identified gene for the development of CAL in KD patients (184 controls, 144 KD patients with CAL, 64 KD patients without CAL).Results The mier6array analysis showed that tissue inhibitor of metafloproteinases 2 (TIMP2) was expressed at higher levels in PBMNCs of KD patients with CAL than in KD patients without CAL. Quantitative RT-PCR confirmed that the expression levels were significantly higher in the KD patients with CAL than in those without CAL (P