Whole genome sequencing of an African American family highlights toll like receptor 6 variants in Kawasaki disease susceptibility.

Whole genome sequencing of an African American family highlights toll like receptor 6 variants in Kawasaki disease susceptibility.

Kawasaki disease (KD) is the most common acquired pediatric heart disease. We analyzed Whole Genome Sequences (WGS) from a 6-member African American family in which KD affected two of four children. We sought rare, potentially causative genotypes by sequentially applying the following WGS filters: s...

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Main Authors: Jihoon Kim, Chisato Shimizu, Stephen F Kingsmore, Narayanan Veeraraghavan, Eric Levy, Andre M Ribeiro Dos Santos, Hai Yang, Jay Flatley, Long Truong Hoang, Martin L Hibberd, Adriana H Tremoulet, Olivier Harismendy, Lucila Ohno-Machado, Jane C Burns
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5289527?pdf=render

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