2023
Endothelial Cell Response in Kawasaki Disease and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children
Kim J, Shimizu C, He M, Wang H, Hoffman H, Tremoulet A, Shyy J, Burns J. Endothelial Cell Response in Kawasaki Disease and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2023, 24: 12318. PMID: 37569694, PMCID: PMC10418493, DOI: 10.3390/ijms241512318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsChildConnective Tissue DiseasesCOVID-19Endothelial CellsHumansMucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromeSystemic Inflammatory Response SyndromeConceptsKawasaki diseaseEndothelial cellsCardiovascular outcomesInflammatory syndromeWeighted gene co-expression network analysisDifferent cardiovascular outcomesMultisystem inflammatory syndromePre-treatment serumEC homeostasisEndothelial-mesenchymal transitionCultured endothelial cellsPro-survival genesClinical manifestationsHealthy controlsImmune responseNFκB pathwayCell responsesEndothelial cell responsesDiseaseGene co-expression network analysisEC responseExpression levelsSyndromeCo-expression network analysisReduced transcripts
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