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AbstractBackground: Kawasaki disease (KD), which is characterized by vasculitis, is prone to occur in patients under 5 years of age, has an ambiguous etiology, and displays coronary artery lesions as the chief complication. Previous studies have linked miRNA-149 to cancers, and rs2292832 T>C is related to allergic diseases and inflammatory bowel disease, which both show immune system disorders and coronary artery disease. Therefore, we performed a study concentrating on the association between the miRNA-149 rs2292832 T>C polymorphism and KD susceptibility.
Methods:The subjects enrolled were 532 children with KD and 623 controls. We used TaqMan real-time PCR to obtain the genotypes of the rs2292832 T>C polymorphism.
Results:Ultimately, no significant association was found between the miRNA-149 rs2292832 T>C polymorphism and KD susceptibility, even in stratification analysis.
Conclusion:Our results indicated that in southern Chinese patients, the miRNA-149 rs2292832 T>C polymorphism did not affect KD susceptibility, which needs to be further confirmed. K E Y W O R D S Kawasaki disease, miRNA-149, polymorphism S U PP O RTI N G I N FO R M ATI O N Additional supporting information may be found online in the Supporting Information section. How to cite this article: Li J, Wang J, Su X, et al. Association between the miRNA-149 rs2292832 T>C polymorphism and Kawasaki disease susceptibility in a southern Chinese population. J Clin Lab Anal. 2020;34:e23125. https ://doi.