| Literature DB >> 24476956 |
Rebecca Reindel1, Kwang-Youn A Kim, Susan C Baker, Stanford T Shulman, Elizabeth J Perlman, Mark W Lingen, Cynthia Trevenen, Anne H Rowley.
Abstract
Periostin was upregulated 11-fold in acute and chronic Kawasaki disease coronary arteries compared with controls (P = 0.003). Kawasaki disease patients had significantly elevated serum periostin values compared with febrile controls (P = 0.0086). There was no relationship between serum periostin values and age, gender or acute phase reactants; there was a relationship between serum periostin and maximal coronary artery Z scores that did not reach significance (P = 0.08). Periostin may prove to be useful as a component of a future diagnostic biomarker panel for Kawasaki Disease.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24476956 PMCID: PMC4086943 DOI: 10.1097/INF.0000000000000233
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pediatr Infect Dis J ISSN: 0891-3668 Impact factor: 2.129