Article
Urotensin 2 in Kawasaki disease pathogenesis.
Pediatric research - 1 Dec 2017
Huang Cassidy Y, Burns Jane C, Shimizu Chisato
Abstract excerpt
BackgroundGenetic variation in calcium signaling pathways is associated with Kawasaki disease (KD) susceptibility and coronary artery aneurysms (CAA). Expression quantitative trait locus analysis for KD-associated variants in calcium/sodium channel gene solute carrier family 8 member 1 (SLC8A1) revealed an effect on expression of urotensin 2 (UTS2). We speculated that UTS2 is influenced by genetic variation in...
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