Progress in research on the effects of high mobility group box 1 in pediatric rheumatic diseases / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

High mobility group box 1 is a kind of non-histone protein which expressed in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.Which can promote inflammatory reaction and participate in the positive feedback loop of the production of cytokines after translocated outside the cells.As a result, it′s closely related to the pathogenesis of various autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.Recent studies have revealed that high mobility group box 1 may serve as a serum marker of Henoch-Sch?nlein purpura nephritis and lupus nephritis, and a predicator of the prognosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and intravenous immunoglobulin resistance in Kawasaki disease.