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Open AccessSerum tenascin-C predicts resistance to steroid combination therapy in high-risk Kawasaki disease: a multicenter prospective cohort study
Tenascin-C (TN-C) is an extracellular matrix glycoprotein related to tissue inflammation. Our previous retrospective study conducted in 2016 revealed that the serum tenascin-C level was higher in patients with...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Optimum Preparation of Candida albicans Cell Wall Extra (CAWE) for the Mouse Model of Kawasaki Disease
Kawasaki disease is the most common acute systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology in children [1] and can cause inflammation of the coronary arteries leading to aneurysms. Candida albicans extract is one of the m...
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Tissue Remodeling in Vascular Wall in Kawasaki Disease-Related Vasculitis Model Mice
Kawasaki disease is the most common acute systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology in children [1] and can cause inflammation of the coronary arteries leading to aneurysms. Tenascin-C, an extracellular matrix p...