Article
ITPKC and CASP3 polymorphisms and risks for IVIG unresponsiveness and coronary artery lesion formation in Kawasaki disease.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Feb 2013
Onouchi Y, Suzuki Y, Suzuki H, Terai M, Yasukawa K, Hamada H, Suenaga T, Honda T, Honda A, Kobayashi H, Takeuchi T, Yoshikawa N, Sato J, Shibuta S, Miyawaki M, Oishi K, Yamaga H, Aoyagi N, Iwahashi S, Miyashita R, Murata Y, Ebata R, Higashi K, Ozaki K, Sasago K, Tanaka T, Hata A
Abstract excerpt
Functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase C (ITPKC) (rs28493229) and caspase-3 (CASP3) (rs113420705; formerly rs72689236) are associated with susceptibility to Kawasaki's disease (KD). To evaluate the involvement of these 2 SNPs in the risk for intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) unresponsiveness, we investigated 204 Japanese KD patients who received a single IVIG...
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