Genetic variants of CD209 associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility.

<h4>Background</h4>Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis with unknown etiology mainly affecting children in Asian countries. Dendritic cell-specific intercellular adhesion molecule-3 grabbing non-integrin (DC-SIGN, CD209) in humans was showed to trigger an anti-inflammatory casc...

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Main Authors: Ho-Chang Kuo, Ying-Hsien Huang, Shu-Chen Chien, Hong-Ren Yu, Kai-Sheng Hsieh, Yu-Wen Hsu, Wei-Chiao Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/25148534/pdf/?tool=EBI

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