title: A study of cardiovascular miRNA biomarkers for Kawasaki disease.
abstract: We hypothesized that cardiovascular miRNAs might be diagnostic biomarkers for Kawasaki disease (KD). We identified dysregulated miRNAs in KD coronary arteries, and tested sera from KD patients and febrile controls for cardiovascular miRNAs using 2 methods. We did not identify cardiovascular miRNAs diagnostic for KD; our results may help guide future studies of potential miRNA biomarkers for KD.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; †Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; ¶Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; ‡Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL; and §Department of Microbiology/Immunology, Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL.
authors.forename: Anne H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Rowley
authors.forename: Adam J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Pink
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reindel
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Innocentini
authors.forename: Susan C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Stanford T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Shulman
authors.forename: Kwang-Youn A
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood*; D002648:Child; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood*; D009080:Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D035683:MicroRNAs