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Consortium-Based Genetic Studies of Kawasaki Disease in Korea: Korean Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium
- Title
- Consortium-Based Genetic Studies of Kawasaki Disease in Korea: Korean Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium
- Authors
- Lee, Jong-Keuk; Hong, Young Mi; Jang, Gi Young; Yun, Sin Weon; Yu, Jeong Jin; Yoon, Kyung Lim; Lee, Kyung-Yil; Kil, Hong-Rang|Korean Kawasaki Dis Genetics
- Ewha Authors
- 홍영미
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 홍영미
- Issue Date
- 2015
- Journal Title
- KOREAN CIRCULATION JOURNAL
- ISSN
- 1738-5520
1738-5555
- Citation
- KOREAN CIRCULATION JOURNAL vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 443 - 448
- Keywords
- Mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome; Genome-wide association study; Polymorphism; single nucleotide
- Publisher
- KOREAN SOC CARDIOLOGY
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS; KCI
- Document Type
- Review
- Abstract
- In order to perform large-scale genetic studies of Kawasaki disease (KD) in Korea, the Korean Kawasaki Disease Genetics Consortium (KKDGC) was formed in 2008 with 10 hospitals: Since the establishment of KKDGC, there has been a collection of clinical data from a total of 1198 patients, and approximately 5 mL of blood samples per patient (for genomic deoxyribonucleic acid and plasma isolation), using a standard clinical data collection form and a nation-wide networking system for blood sample pick-up. In the clinical risk factor analysis using the collected clinical data of 478 KD patients, it was found that incomplete KD type, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) non-responsiveness, and long febrile days are major risk factors for coronary artery lesions development, whereas low serum albumin concentration is an independent risk factor for IVIG non-responsiveness. In addition, we identified a KD susceptibility locus at 1p31, a coronary artery aneurysm locus (KCNN2 gene), and the causal variant in the C-reactive protein (CRP) promoter region, as determining the increased CRP levels in KD patients, by means of genome-wide association studies. Currently, this consortium is continually collecting more clinical data and genomic samples to identify the clinical and genetic risk factors via a single nucleotide polymorphism chip and exome sequencing, as well as collaborating with several international KD genetics teams. The consortium-based approach for genetic studies of KD in Korea will be a very effective way to understand the unknown etiology and causal mechanism of KD, which may be affected by multiple genes and environmental factors.
- DOI
- 10.4070/kcj.2015.45.6.443
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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