Research progress on the pathogenesis of immune and genetics of Kawasaki disease / 中华实用儿科临床杂志

ABSTRACT

Kawasaki disease(KD) is a childhood acute self-limiting systemic vasculitis.It is an autoimmune disease.It has replaced rheumatic fever as the most common disease of children with acquired heart disease.Further study of the pathogenesis of KD,help to improve the individualized treatment and prognosis of the disease.The current study on KD,corfirmed its susceptibility to disease and clinical symptoms associated with multiple gene loci,there may be multiple signal paths involved.This paper reviews the recent advances in the genetic and immunological mechanisms of KD.