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Abstract
Background: The role of inflammatory cytokines in Kawasaki disease (KD) pathogenesis is known, but causal relationships are unclear. This study investigates these connections using Mendelian randomization (MR).
Methods: Genetic variations associated with KD were obtained from a GWAS including 119 cases and 6071 controls of European ancestry. Genetic data on inflammatory cytokines were sourced from a GWAS of 8,293 healthy participants.
Results: The study identified significant associations between higher levels of macrophage colony stimulating factor (M-CSF), monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1), and tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) and increased risk of KD. The odds ratios (OR) were 1.04 (95% CI: 1.01-1.08, p = 0.010) for M-CSF, 1.03 (95% CI: 1.01-1.05, p = 0.026) for MCP-1, and 1.02 (95% CI: 1.01-1.04, p = 0.027) for TRAIL.
Conclusion: This study suggests that M-CSF, MCP-1, and TRAIL are potentially involved in the etiology of KD.
期刊介绍:
Fetal and Pediatric Pathology is an established bimonthly international journal that publishes data on diseases of the developing embryo, newborns, children, and adolescents. The journal publishes original and review articles and reportable case reports.
The expanded scope of the journal encompasses molecular basis of genetic disorders; molecular basis of diseases that lead to implantation failures; molecular basis of abnormal placentation; placentology and molecular basis of habitual abortion; intrauterine development and molecular basis of embryonic death; pathogenisis and etiologic factors involved in sudden infant death syndrome; the underlying molecular basis, and pathogenesis of diseases that lead to morbidity and mortality in newborns; prenatal, perinatal, and pediatric diseases and molecular basis of diseases of childhood including solid tumors and tumors of the hematopoietic system; and experimental and molecular pathology.