Major methylation alterations on the CpG markers of inflammatory immune associated genes after IVIG treatment in Kawasaki disease

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BACKGROUND: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an autoimmune disease preferentially attacking children younger than five years worldwide. So far, the principal treatment to KD is the administration of Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG). Although DNA methylation plays important regulation roles in diseases, few studies investigated the regulation roles of DNA methylation in KD. METHODS: In this study, we focused not only on...

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