title: Soluble CD30 serum antigen in Kawasaki disease.
abstract: Very high levels of sCD30, a glycoprotein surface antigen expressed by T lymphocytes and other mononuclear cells of the immune system, were found in serum samples from 10 children with typical Kawasaki disease (KD), but not in blood specimens from a vast cohort of paediatric control subjects. These data strongly support an involvement of CD30 T cells in the immune processes which take place at the level of lymphoid organs during the acute phase of KD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics and Internal Medicine and Oncological Sciences, Perugia University Medical School, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vagliasindi
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Spinozzi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sensi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radicioni
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: De Rosa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Solinas
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vaccaro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bertotto
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017730:Ki-1 Antigen / Q000097:blood* / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D017730:Ki-1 Antigen