Leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein 1 and angiotensinogen as diagnostic biomarkers for Kawasaki disease.
Masakatsu YanagimachiSayaka FukudaFumiko TanakaMari IwamotoChiho TakaoKunihiro ObaNatsuko SuzukiKoji KiyoharaDai KuranobuNorimasa TadaAyako NagashimaTaku IshiiYoko InoYayoi KimuraNobutoshi NawaTakeo FujiwaraTakuya NarutoTomohiro MorioShouzaburo DoiMasaaki MoriPublished in: PloS one (2021)
Double-positivity for LRG1 and AGT is an biomarker for KD diagnosis, especially useful in diagnosing incomplete KD from non-KD. Future studies with larger cohorts should seek to determine whether LRG1 and AGT are valuable as definitive data referred at the diagnosis of KD and for estimating the risk of CALs.