2022
RNA Sequencing Reveals Beneficial Effects of Atorvastatin on Endothelial Cells in Acute Kawasaki Disease
Shimizu C, Kim J, He M, Tremoulet A, Hoffman H, Shyy J, Burns J. RNA Sequencing Reveals Beneficial Effects of Atorvastatin on Endothelial Cells in Acute Kawasaki Disease. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2022, 11: e025408. PMID: 35861833, PMCID: PMC9707837, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.122.025408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsKawasaki diseaseGenome-wide transcriptional changesIntravenous immunoglobulinAcute Kawasaki diseaseHuman umbilical vein ECsInflammatory cell infiltrationEndothelial cell dysfunctionTumor necrosis factorTranscriptional changesRNA sequencingKD treatmentAcute phaseMyointimal proliferationCoronary arteryCell infiltrationCultured ECsNecrosis factorCell dysfunctionKD seraInterleukin-1Recruitment pathwayResponse of ECBackground damageSerumPatients
2018
Bifid T waves on the ECG and genetic variation in calcium channel voltage‐dependent beta 2 subunit gene (CACNB2) in acute Kawasaki disease
Oyamada J, Shimizu C, Kim J, Williams M, Png E, Hibberd M, Tremoulet A, Perry J, Burns J. Bifid T waves on the ECG and genetic variation in calcium channel voltage‐dependent beta 2 subunit gene (CACNB2) in acute Kawasaki disease. Congenital Heart Disease 2018, 14: 213-220. PMID: 30395415, DOI: 10.1111/chd.12696.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBifid T wavesKawasaki diseaseT-wave morphologyKD subjectsT waveIndependent cohortKD susceptibilityAcute KD subjectsAcute Kawasaki diseaseSelf-limited vasculitisSubunit geneGenetic variantsGenotype/phenotype association studiesWide association study dataGenome-wide association study dataIntracellular calcium signalingPhenotype association studiesWave morphologyAssociation study dataCalcium channel geneCommon causeCardiac repolarizationMyocardial repolarizationCardiac diseaseAbnormal repolarization