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