Platelets in Kawasaki disease: mediators of vascular inflammation

M Noval Rivas, B Kocatürk, BS Franklin… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Kawasaki disease, a systemic vasculitis that affects young children and can result in
coronary artery aneurysms, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease among children …

Platelets promote cardiovascular complications in Kawasaki disease

J McHugh - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2023 - nature.com
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Monocyte platelet aggregates in children with Kawasaki disease-a preliminary study from a tertiary care centre in North-West India

P Vignesh, A Rawat, JK Shandilya… - Pediatric …, 2021 - Springer
Background Platelet activation is an integral part of pathogenesis of Kawasaki disease (KD).
However, there is paucity of literature on flow-cytometry based assessment of platelet …

[HTML][HTML] Platelets exacerbate cardiovascular inflammation in a murine model of Kawasaki disease vasculitis

B Kocatürk, Y Lee, N Nosaka, M Abe, D Martinon… - JCI insight, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Kawasaki disease (KD) is the leading cause of acquired heart disease among children.
Increased platelet counts and activation are observed during the course of KD, and elevated …

Thymic stromal lymphopoietin induces platelet mitophagy and promotes thrombosis in Kawasaki disease

L Fu, DT MacKeigan, Q Gong, D Che… - British Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute systemic vasculitis primarily affecting infants and
children. Activated platelets predispose patients to coronary artery structural lesions that …

[HTML][HTML] Platelets in Kawasaki disease: is this only a numbers game or something beyond?

K Arora, S Guleria, AK Jindal, A Rawat, S Singh - Genes & diseases, 2020 - Elsevier
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a medium vessel vasculitis with predilection to cause coronary
artery abnormalities. KD is now the most common cause of acquired heart disease in …

Reduced platelet miR-223 induction in Kawasaki disease leads to severe coronary artery pathology through a miR-223/PDGFRβ vascular smooth muscle cell axis

Y Zhang, Y Wang, L Zhang, L Xia, M Zheng… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis of early childhood that can result in
permanent coronary artery structural damage. The cause for this arterial vulnerability in up to …

Kawasaki disease: pathophysiology and insights from mouse models

M Noval Rivas, M Arditi - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2020 - nature.com
Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile illness and systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology
that predominantly afflicts young children, causes coronary artery aneurysms and can result …

A framework for understanding Kawasaki disease pathogenesis

MS Lo - Clinical Immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a common vasculitis of childhood, typically affecting children
under the age of five. Despite many aspects of its presentation that bear resemblence to …

[HTML][HTML] Kawasaki disease: pathophysiology and insights from mouse models

MN Rivas, M Arditi - Nature reviews. Rheumatology, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Kawasaki disease is an acute febrile illness and systemic vasculitis of unknown aetiology
that predominantly afflicts young children, causes coronary artery aneurysms and can result …