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 damageSerumPatientsEffect of Obesity on Risk of Hospitalization, Surgery, and Serious Infection in Biologic-Treated Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A CA-IBD Cohort Study
Gu P, Luo J, Kim J, Paul P, Limketkai B, Sauk J, Park S, Parekh N, Zheng K, Rudrapatna V, Syal G, Ha C, McGovern D, Melmed G, Fleshner P, Eisenstein S, Ramamoorthy S, Dulai P, Boland B, Grunvald E, Mahadevan U, Ohno-Machado L, Sandborn W, Singh S. Effect of Obesity on Risk of Hospitalization, Surgery, and Serious Infection in Biologic-Treated Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A CA-IBD Cohort Study. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2022, 117: 1639-1647. PMID: 35973139, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000001855.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseBiologic-treated patientsRisk of hospitalizationBody mass indexNormal body mass indexSerious infectionsBiologic agentsBowel diseaseCox proportional hazards analysisWorld Health Organization classificationEffect of obesityProportional hazards analysisElectronic health recordsCause hospitalizationVisceral obesityAdult patientsBaseline demographicsBiologic initiationBiologic therapyCohort studyEndoscopic outcomesMass indexOrganization classificationTreatment characteristicsStratified analysis