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SynthesisInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Roles of Oxidative Injury and Nitric Oxide System Derangements in Kawasaki Disease Pathogenesis: A Systematic Review.

Mitsuru Tsuge, Kazuhiro Uda, Takahiro Eitoku, Naomi Matsumoto, Takashi Yorifuji, Hirokazu Tsukahara

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Synthesis in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mitsuru TsugeDepartment of Pediatrics, Okayama University Academic Field of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9010-4708
Kazuhiro UdaDepartment of Pediatrics, Okayama University Academic Field of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-2262-6130
Takahiro EitokuDepartment of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki 701-0192, Japan.
Naomi MatsumotoDepartment of Epidemiology, Okayama University Academic Field of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9980-6092
Takashi YorifujiDepartment of Epidemiology, Okayama University Academic Field of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2543-5441
Hirokazu TsukaharaDepartment of Pediatrics, Okayama University Academic Field of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama 700-8558, Japan.
Okayama University · JPKawasaki Medical School · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitis that occurs mostly in children younger than five years. KD involves multiple intricately connected inflammatory reactions activated by a cytokine cascade. Despite therapeutic advances, coronary artery damage may develop in some patients, who will be at risk of clinical cardiovascular events and even sudden death. The etiology of KD remains unclear; however, it may involve both genetic and environmental factors leading to aberrant inflammatory responses. Given the young age of onset, prenatal or perinatal exposure may be etiologically relevant. Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, a post-infectious hyper-inflammatory disorder associated with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, has features that overlap with those of KD. Available evidence indicates that vascular endothelial dysfunction is a critical step in the sequence of events leading to the development of cardiovascular lesions in KD. Oxidative stress and the dysregulation of the nitric oxide (NO) system contribute to the pathogenesis of inflammatory responses related to this disease. This review provides current evidence and concepts highlighting the adverse effects of oxidative injury and NO system derangements on the initiation and progression of KD and potential therapeutic strategies for cardiovascular pathologies in affected children.

Indexed as

Mucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromeVasculitisChildHumansInflammationNitric OxideOxidative StressNitric Oxidebiomarkercoronary artery lesionsKawasaki diseasemultisystem inflammatory syndrome in childrennitric oxidenitrosative stressoxidative stresssystemic inflammationvascular endothelial dysfunction

Identifiers

PMID37895129
PMCPMC10607378
OpenAlexW4387860070

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