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Zheng R, Xie J, Li W, Shang J, Shi Z, Zhu S, Gui L, Huang L, Shu L, Liu D, Gong Y, Li X, Chai W, Huang X, Wu X, Yue J. MiR-223-3p affects the proliferation and apoptosis of HCAECs in Kawasaki disease by regulating the expression of FOXP3. Immun Inflamm Dis 2023; 11:e939. [PMID: 37506144 PMCID: PMC10373572 DOI: 10.1002/iid3.939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2023] [Revised: 05/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/25/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Kawasaki disease (KD) can lead to permanent damage to coronary structures, the pathogenesis of which remains unknown. This experiment was designed to investigate whether miR-223-3p secreted in the serum of KD patients affects the proliferation and apoptosis of HCAECs in KD by regulating FOXP3. METHODS Blood samples were collected in acute febrile phase of KD, after IVIG treatment, and from healthy controls. Transfected into HCAECs cells by synthetic FOXP3 siRNA/NC. A co-culture system was established between HCAECs cells transfected with FOXP3 siRNA/NC and THP1 cells added with three sera. RESULTS Compared with the control group, the expressions of miR-223-3p, RORγt, and Th17 in serum of KD patients were significantly upregulated, and the expressions of TGF-β1, FOXP3 and Treg were significantly downregulated. At the same time, the levels of IL-6, IL-17, and IL-23 were significantly increased, and the levels of IL-10 and FOXP3 were significantly decreased. After IVIG treatment, the patient's above results were reversed. The serum of KD patients increased the expression of miR-223-3p and inhibited the expression of FOXP3 in HCAECs cells. IVIG serum is the opposite. Overexpression of miR-223-3p also promoted the apoptosis of HCAECs. In addition, serum from KD patients promoted apoptosis, whereas serum after IVIG treatment inhibited apoptosis. KD patient serum downregulated the expression of FOXP3, Bcl2, TGF-β1 and IL-10 in cells, and upregulated the expression of caspase3, Bax, IL-17, IL-6, and IL-23. The opposite results were obtained with IVIG-treated sera. CONCLUSION miR-223-3p secreted in serum of KD patients can regulate the expression of FOXP3 and affect the proliferation, apoptosis, and inflammation of cells.
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- Ronghao Zheng
- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Rheumatology, and Immunology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Emergency Department, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
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Pediatric expert consensus on the application of glucocorticoids in Kawasaki disease. ZHONGGUO DANG DAI ER KE ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS 2022; 24:225-231. [PMID: 35351250 PMCID: PMC8974659 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2112033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is one of the common acquired heart diseases in under-5-year-old children and is an acute self-limiting vasculitis. After nearly 60 years of research, intravenous immunoglobulin combined with oral aspirin has become the first-line treatment for preventing coronary artery aneurysm in the acute stage of KD. However, glucocorticoid (GC), infliximab, and other immunosuppressants are options for the treatment of KD patients with a high risk of coronary artery aneurysm, no response to intravenous immunoglobulin and a confirmed diagnosis of coronary artery aneurysm. At present, there are still controversies over the use of GC in the treatment of KD. With reference to the latest research findings of KD treatment in China and overseas, this consensus invited domestic pediatric experts to fully discuss and put forward recommendations on the indications, dosage, and usage of GC in the first-line and second-line treatment of KD.
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Gallerani M, Pala M, Fabbian F, De Giorgi A. Acute cholestasis as uncommon onset of Kawasaki disease: a case report. BMC Gastroenterol 2020; 20:357. [PMID: 33115450 PMCID: PMC7594445 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-020-01495-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2019] [Accepted: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Kawasaki disease (KD) or mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome is a vasculitis that mostly occurs in young children. Adult-onset KD (AKD) is rare and often misdiagnosed. Here we report a rare case of KD with cholestasis as principal symptom. CASE PRESENTATION A 43-year-old caucasian man was admitted to our hospital for high fever, lack of appetite related to nausea and vomiting, headache and significant malaise. Physical examination highlighted fever, increasing jaundice, bilateral laterocervical lymph nodes, erythema of the palms, and strikingly red lips and conjunctiva. The clinical course was complicated by arterial hypotension, tachycardia, decreasing haemoglobin, increasing acute phase reactants tests, and multiorgan failure. Due to cardiovascular instability the patient was admitted to the local Intensive Care Unit. Chest X-ray, abdominal ultrasound, chest and abdominal CT and Colangio Magnetic Resonance were normal. Jaundice was investigated and infections, autoimmune diseases or drugs adverse reactions, were excluded. Also coronary artery computed tomography was carried out excluding coronary artery aneurysms. Broad-spectrum antibiotics were not effective. After exclusion other possible conditions, diagnosis of KD was set. He was treated with high doses of corticosteroids and acetylsalicylic acid and clinical conditions as well as laboratory exams improved. CONCLUSIONS This report dealing with an adult onset of atypical KD may be of benefit to physicians of various specialties, including primary care doctors, hospital internists, intensivists and gastroenterologists due to its peculiarities. It demonstrates that a case of prolonged fever unresponsive to antibiotics and related to cholestatic jaundice, oedema or erythema of the extremity associated with desquamation of feet and hands, and red eyes, may suggest atypical form of KD.
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- Massimo Gallerani
- Department of Medicine, Unit of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria (AOU) of Ferrara, Via Aldo Moro 8, 44124, Cona, Ferrara, Italy.
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- Unit of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria (AOU) of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Clinica Medica Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Prevention, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- Unit of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria (AOU) of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Thadchanamoorthy V, Dayasiri K. Refractory Kawasaki Disease Presenting With Erythema at Bacille Calmette-Guérin Inoculation Site: A Paediatric Case Report. Cureus 2020; 12:e10928. [PMID: 33194494 PMCID: PMC7659888 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.10928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Kawasaki disease (KD) is an autoimmune disease that generally affects children under the age of five years. It has a variety of clinical manifestations which may be either specific or nonspecific. Intravenous immunoglobulin and aspirin are the mainstays of treatment. There are unusual circumstances where patients are resistant to conventional treatment. We report a one-year-old girl who presented with a 12-day history of fever in association with erythema at the site of Bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) scar. She did not respond successfully to conventional treatment although she was diagnosed to have Kawasaki disease. Eventually, she responded to intravenous methylprednisolone and was diagnosed as having refractory Kawasaki disease.
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Chang LS, Kuo HC. The role of corticosteroids in the treatment of Kawasaki disease. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther 2020; 18:155-164. [DOI: 10.1080/14787210.2020.1713752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Ling-Sai Chang
- Department of Pediatrics and Kawasaki Disease Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics and Kawasaki Disease Center, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
- Department of Respiratory Therapy, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
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Gene expression analysis in Kawasaki disease; bioinformatics and experimental approach. INFORMATICS IN MEDICINE UNLOCKED 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imu.2020.100423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Wright VJ, Herberg JA, Kaforou M, Shimizu C, Eleftherohorinou H, Shailes H, Barendregt AM, Menikou S, Gormley S, Berk M, Hoang LT, Tremoulet AH, Kanegaye JT, Coin LJM, Glodé MP, Hibberd M, Kuijpers TW, Hoggart CJ, Burns JC, Levin M. Diagnosis of Kawasaki Disease Using a Minimal Whole-Blood Gene Expression Signature. JAMA Pediatr 2018; 172:e182293. [PMID: 30083721 PMCID: PMC6233768 DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.2293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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IMPORTANCE To date, there is no diagnostic test for Kawasaki disease (KD). Diagnosis is based on clinical features shared with other febrile conditions, frequently resulting in delayed or missed treatment and an increased risk of coronary artery aneurysms. OBJECTIVE To identify a whole-blood gene expression signature that distinguishes children with KD in the first week of illness from other febrile conditions. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS The case-control study comprised a discovery group that included a training and test set and a validation group of children with KD or comparator febrile illness. The setting was pediatric centers in the United Kingdom, Spain, the Netherlands, and the United States. The training and test discovery group comprised 404 children with infectious and inflammatory conditions (78 KD, 84 other inflammatory diseases, and 242 bacterial or viral infections) and 55 healthy controls. The independent validation group comprised 102 patients with KD, including 72 in the first 7 days of illness, and 130 febrile controls. The study dates were March 1, 2009, to November 14, 2013, and data analysis took place from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES Whole-blood gene expression was evaluated using microarrays, and minimal transcript sets distinguishing KD were identified using a novel variable selection method (parallel regularized regression model search). The ability of transcript signatures (implemented as disease risk scores) to discriminate KD cases from controls was assessed by area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity at the optimal cut point according to the Youden index. RESULTS Among 404 patients in the discovery set, there were 78 with KD (median age, 27 months; 55.1% male) and 326 febrile controls (median age, 37 months; 56.4% male). Among 202 patients in the validation set, there were 72 with KD (median age, 34 months; 62.5% male) and 130 febrile controls (median age, 17 months; 56.9% male). A 13-transcript signature identified in the discovery training set distinguished KD from other infectious and inflammatory conditions in the discovery test set, with AUC of 96.2% (95% CI, 92.5%-99.9%), sensitivity of 81.7% (95% CI, 60.0%-94.8%), and specificity of 92.1% (95% CI, 84.0%-97.0%). In the validation set, the signature distinguished KD from febrile controls, with AUC of 94.6% (95% CI, 91.3%-98.0%), sensitivity of 85.9% (95% CI, 76.8%-92.6%), and specificity of 89.1% (95% CI, 83.0%-93.7%). The signature was applied to clinically defined categories of definite, highly probable, and possible KD, resulting in AUCs of 98.1% (95% CI, 94.5%-100%), 96.3% (95% CI, 93.3%-99.4%), and 70.0% (95% CI, 53.4%-86.6%), respectively, mirroring certainty of clinical diagnosis. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE In this study, a 13-transcript blood gene expression signature distinguished KD from other febrile conditions. Diagnostic accuracy increased with certainty of clinical diagnosis. A test incorporating the 13-transcript disease risk score may enable earlier diagnosis and treatment of KD and reduce inappropriate treatment in those with other diagnoses.
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- Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla,Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla,Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla,Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Department of Genomics of Common Disease, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom,Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora,Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora
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- Infectious Diseases, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Emma Children’s Hospital, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Department of Blood Cell Research, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla,Rady Children’s Hospital–San Diego, San Diego, California
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- Section of Paediatrics, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Chbeir D, Gaschignard J, Bonnefoy R, Beyler C, Melki I, Faye A, Meinzer U. Kawasaki disease: abnormal initial echocardiogram is associated with resistance to IV Ig and development of coronary artery lesions. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2018; 16:48. [PMID: 30021610 PMCID: PMC6052519 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-018-0264-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis that affects small and medium blood vessels. Intensified treatments for the most severely affected patients have been proposed recently, and the early identification of KD patients at high risk for coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) is crucial. However, the risk scoring systems developed in Japan have not been validated in European populations, and little data is available concerning the link between initial echocardiogram findings other than high z-scores and cardiac prognosis. METHODS In order to investigate whether the presence of any abnormalities, other than high z-scores in first echocardiogram, are associated with resistance to IV immunoglobulins and/or subsequent development of CAA, we retrospectively analyzed data from children diagnosed with KD between 2006 and 2016 at a tertiary Hospital in Paris, France. RESULTS A total of 157 children were included. The initial echocardiogram was performed after a median of 7 days of fever and was abnormal in 48 cases (31%). The initial presence of any echocardiographic abnormality (coronary artery dilatation, CAA, pericardial effusion, perivascular brightness of the coronary arteries, left-ventricular dysfunction and mitral insufficiency) was strongly associated with resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin (p = 0.005) and development of coronary artery lesions within the first 6 weeks of disease (p = 0.01). All patients (n = 7) with persistent coronary abnormalities at 1 year already had an abnormal initial echocardiogram. Severity scoring systems from Japan had low sensitivity (0-33%) and low specificity (71-82%) for predicting immunoglobulin resistance or cardiac involvement. CONCLUSIONS In European populations with mixed ethnic backgrounds, the presence of any abnormalities at the initial echocardiogram may contribute to early identification of patients with severe disease.
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- Dima Chbeir
- Service de pédiatrie générale, maladies infectieuses et médecine interne, Centre de référence des rhumatismes inflammatoires et maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares de l’enfant (RAISE), Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 75019 Paris, France
- Centre de recherche sur l’inflammation, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris-Cité, UMR 1149, 75018 Paris, France
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- Service de pédiatrie générale, maladies infectieuses et médecine interne, Centre de référence des rhumatismes inflammatoires et maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares de l’enfant (RAISE), Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 75019 Paris, France
- Centre de recherche sur l’inflammation, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris-Cité, UMR 1149, 75018 Paris, France
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- Centre de recherche sur l’inflammation, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris-Cité, UMR 1149, 75018 Paris, France
- Service de cardiologie pédiatrique, Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75019 Paris, France
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- Centre de recherche sur l’inflammation, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris-Cité, UMR 1149, 75018 Paris, France
- Service de cardiologie pédiatrique, Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 75019 Paris, France
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- Service de pédiatrie générale, maladies infectieuses et médecine interne, Centre de référence des rhumatismes inflammatoires et maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares de l’enfant (RAISE), Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 75019 Paris, France
- Centre de recherche sur l’inflammation, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris-Cité, UMR 1149, 75018 Paris, France
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- Service de pédiatrie générale, maladies infectieuses et médecine interne, Centre de référence des rhumatismes inflammatoires et maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares de l’enfant (RAISE), Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 75019 Paris, France
- Centre de recherche sur l’inflammation, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris-Cité, UMR 1149, 75018 Paris, France
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- Service de pédiatrie générale, maladies infectieuses et médecine interne, Centre de référence des rhumatismes inflammatoires et maladies auto-immunes systémiques rares de l’enfant (RAISE), Hôpital Robert Debré, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, 75019 Paris, France
- Centre de recherche sur l’inflammation, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Université Paris Diderot-Sorbonne Paris-Cité, UMR 1149, 75018 Paris, France
- Institut Pasteur, Unité biologie et génétique de la paroi bactérienne, 75015 Paris, France
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Seo E, Yu JJ, Jun HO, Shin EJ, Baek JS, Kim YH, Ko JK. Prediction of unresponsiveness to second intravenous immunoglobulin treatment in patients with Kawasaki disease refractory to initial treatment. KOREAN JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS 2016; 59:408-413. [PMID: 27826327 PMCID: PMC5099288 DOI: 10.3345/kjp.2016.59.10.408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Revised: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Purpose This study investigated predictors of unresponsiveness to second-line intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) treatment for Kawasaki disease (KD). Methods This was a single-center analysis of the medical records of 588 patients with KD who had been admitted to Asan Medical Center between 2006 and 2014. Related clinical and laboratory data were analyzed by univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses. Results Eighty (13.6%) of the 588 patients with KD were unresponsive to the initial IVIG treatment and received a second dose. For these 80 patients, univariate analysis of the laboratory results obtained before administering the second-line IVIG treatment showed that white blood cell count, neutrophil percent, hemoglobin level, platelet count, serum protein level, albumin level, potassium level, and C-reactive protein level were significant predictors. The addition of methyl prednisolone to the second-line regimen was not associated with treatment response (odds ratio [OR], 0.871; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.216–3.512; P=0.846). Multivariate analysis revealed serum protein level to be the only predictor of unresponsiveness to the second-line treatment (OR, 0.160; 95% CI, 0.028–0.911; P=0.039). Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis to determine predictors of unresponsiveness to the second dose of IVIG showed a sensitivity of 100% and specificity of 72% at a serum protein cutoff level of <7.15 g/dL. Conclusion The serum protein level of the patient prior to the second dose of IVIG is a significant predictor of unresponsiveness. The addition of methyl prednisolone to the second-line regimen produces no treatment benefit.
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- Euri Seo
- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Pediatrics, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Agarwal S, Agrawal DK. Kawasaki disease: etiopathogenesis and novel treatment strategies. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2016; 13:247-258. [PMID: 27590181 DOI: 10.1080/1744666x.2017.1232165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile systemic vasculitis that predominantly occurs in children below five years of age. Its etiopathogenesis is still not clear, but it is thought to be a complex interplay of genetic factors, infections and immunity. Areas covered: This review article discusses in detail Kawasaki disease, with particular emphasis on the recent updates on its pathogenesis and upcoming alternate treatment options. Though self-limiting in many cases, it can lead to severe complications like coronary artery aneurysms and thrombo-embolic occlusions, and hence requires early diagnosis and urgent attention to avoid them. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) with or without aspirin has remained the sole treatment option for these cases, but 10-15% cases develop resistance to this treatment. Expert commentary: There is a need to develop additional treatment strategies for children with Kawasaki disease. Targeting different steps of pathogenesis could provide us with alternate therapeutic options.
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- Shreya Agarwal
- a Department of Clinical & Translational Science , Creighton University School of Medicine , Omaha , NE , USA
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- a Department of Clinical & Translational Science , Creighton University School of Medicine , Omaha , NE , USA
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