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ArticleTheScientificWorldJournal2013

Plasma clusterin concentrations may predict resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin in patients with Kawasaki disease.

Mei-Chen Ou-Yang, Ho-Chang Kuo, I-Chun Lin, Jiunn-Ming Sheen, Fu-Chen Huang, Chih-Cheng Chen, Ying-Hsien Huang, Ying-Jui Lin, Hong-Ren Yu

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Article in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The prognostic role of abnormal liver function in IVIG unresponsiveness in Kawasaki disease: a meta-analysis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2016
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mei-Chen Ou-YangDepartment of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Niao-Sung, Kaohsiung 833, Taiwan.
Ho-Chang Kuo
I-Chun Lin
Jiunn-Ming Sheen
Fu-Chen Huang
Chih-Cheng Chen
Ying-Hsien Huang
Ying-Jui Lin
Hong-Ren Yu
Chang Gung University · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile vasculitic syndrome of early childhood often complicated by coronary artery lesion that drastically reduces the quality of life. The study aimed to identify a reliable marker for predicting nonresponsiveness to the first course of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in KD patients. A total of 63 patients with KD were enrolled in the study (IVIG response, 58; IVIG resistance, 5). Plasma samples were collected before and after IVIG infusion for measurement of biomarkers. Patients' clinical characteristics and laboratory data were also analyzed. A receiver operating characteristic curve was generated to identify a cut-off value for predicting IVIG resistance. Among the biomarkers, the difference in plasma clusterin concentrations before and after IVIG infusion (CLUSTER 12) was significantly related to IVIG resistance (P = 0.040; 95% confidence interval (CI): -25.8% to -6.0%). Using a CLUSTER 12 cut-off value of <8.52 mg/L, the odds ratio for IVIG resistance was 11.467 (95% CI: 1.186 to 110.853). Patients with plasma CLUSTER 12 concentrations >8.52 mg/L had a much higher risk of IVIG resistance than those with CLUSTER 12 concentrations <8.52 mg/L. Plasma clusterin concentration shows promise as a candidate biomarker for predicting IVIG resistance in patients with KD.

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AdolescentAdultBiomarkersChildChild, PreschoolClusterinFemaleHumansImmunoglobulins, IntravenousInfantMaleMucocutaneous Lymph Node SyndromeYoung AdultBiomarkersCLU protein, humanClusterinImmunoglobulins, Intravenous

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PMID23956692
PMCPMC3727184
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