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Tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 and coronary artery lesions in Kawasaki disease.
The Journal of pediatrics - 1 Aug 2007
Furuno Kenji, Takada Hidetoshi, Yamamoto Ken, Ikeda Kazuyuki, Ohno Takuro, Khajoee Vahid, Mizuno Yumi, Hara Toshiro
Abstract excerpt
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...
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