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Wang Y, Cao Y, Li Y, Yuan M, Xu J, Li J. Identification of key signaling pathways and hub genes related to immune infiltration in Kawasaki disease with resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin based on weighted gene co-expression network analysis. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1182512. [PMID: 37325483 PMCID: PMC10267737 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1182512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 05/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Background: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis, that is, the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children, with approximately 10%-20% of patients with KD suffering intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) resistance. Although the underlying mechanism of this phenomenon remains unclear, recent studies have revealed that immune cell infiltration may associate with its occurrence. Methods: In this study, we downloaded the expression profiles from the GSE48498 and GSE16797 datasets in the Gene Expression Omnibus database, analyzed differentially expressed genes (DEGs), and intersected the DEGs with the immune-related genes downloaded from the ImmPort database to obtain differentially expressed immune-related genes (DEIGs). Then CIBERSORT algorithm was used to calculate the immune cell compositions, followed by the WGCNA analysis to identify the module genes associated with immune cell infiltration. Next, we took the intersection of the selected module genes and DEIGs, then performed GO and KEGG enrichment analysis. Moreover, ROC curve validation, Spearman analysis with immune cells, TF, and miRNA regulation network, and potential drug prediction were implemented for the finally obtained hub genes. Results: The CIBERSORT algorithm showed that neutrophil expression was significantly higher in IVIG-resistant patients compared to IVIG-responsive patients. Next, we got differentially expressed neutrophil-related genes by intersecting DEIGs with neutrophil-related module genes obtained by WGCNA, for further analysis. Enrichment analysis revealed that these genes were associated with immune pathways, such as cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction and neutrophil extracellular trap formation. Then we combined the PPI network in the STRING database with the MCODE plugin in Cytoscape and identified 6 hub genes (TLR8, AQP9, CXCR1, FPR2, HCK, and IL1R2), which had good diagnostic performance in IVIG resistance according to ROC analysis. Furthermore, Spearman's correlation analysis confirmed that these genes were closely related to neutrophils. Finally, TFs, miRNAs, and potential drugs targeting the hub genes were predicted, and TF-, miRNA-, and drug-gene networks were constructed. Conclusion: This study found that the 6 hub genes (TLR8, AQP9, CXCR1, FPR2, HCK, and IL1R2) were significantly associated with neutrophil cell infiltration, which played an important role in IVIG resistance. In a word, this work rendered potential diagnostic biomarkers and prospective therapeutic targets for IVIG-resistant patients.
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- Yue Wang
- Clinical Laboratory Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Cardiovascular Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Clinical Laboratory Center, Children's Hospital of Fudan University, National Children's Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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Amano Y, Akazawa Y, Yasuda J, Yoshino K, Kojima K, Kobayashi N, Matsuzaki S, Nagasaki M, Kawai Y, Minegishi N, Ishida N, Motoki N, Hachiya A, Nakazawa Y, Yamamoto M, Koike K, Takeshita T. A low-frequency IL4R locus variant in Japanese patients with intravenous immunoglobulin therapy-unresponsive Kawasaki disease. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2019; 17:34. [PMID: 31269967 PMCID: PMC6610867 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-019-0337-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis which may be associated with coronary artery aneurysms. A notable risk factor for the development of coronary artery aneurysms is resistance to intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy, which comprises standard treatment for the acute phase of KD. The cause of IVIG resistance in KD is largely unknown; however, the contribution of genetic factors, especially variants in immune-related genes, has been suspected. METHODS To explore genetic variants related to IVIG-unresponsiveness, we designated KD patients who did not respond to both first and second courses of IVIG therapy as IVIG-unresponsive patients. Using genomic DNA from 30 IVIG-unresponsive KD patients, we performed pooled genome sequencing targeting 39 immune-related cytokine receptor genes. RESULTS The single nucleotide variant (SNV), rs563535954 (located in the IL4R locus), was concentrated in IVIG-unresponsive KD patients. Individual genotyping showed that the minor allele of rs563535954 was present in 4/33 patients with IVIG-unresponsive KD, compared with 20/1063 individuals in the Japanese genome variation database (odds ratio = 7.19, 95% confidence interval 2.43-21.47). Furthermore, the minor allele of rs563535954 was absent in 42 KD patients who responded to IVIG treatment (P = 0.0337), indicating that a low-frequency variant, rs563535954, is associated with IVIG-unresponsiveness in KD patients. Although rs563535954 is located in the 3'-untranslated region of IL4R, there was no alternation in IL4R expression associated with the mior allele of rs563535954. However, IVIG-unresponsive patients that exhibited the minor allele of rs563535954 tended to be classified into the low-risk group (based on previously reported risk scores) for prediction of IVIG-resistance. Therefore, IVIG-unresponsiveness associated with the minor allele of rs563535954 might differ from IVIG-unresponsiveness associated with previous risk factors used to evaluate IVIG-unresponsiveness in KD. CONCLUSION These findings suggest that the SNV rs563535954 could serve as a predictive indicator of IVIG-unresponsiveness, thereby improving the sensitivity of risk scoring systems, and may aid in prevention of coronary artery lesions in KD patients.
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- Yuji Amano
- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- 0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aTohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan ,0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aGraduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- 0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aTohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan ,0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aGraduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan ,0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aGraduate School of Information Science, Tohoku University, 6-3-09, Aramaki Aza-Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8579 Japan
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- 0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aTohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan ,0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aGraduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan
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- 0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aTohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan ,0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aGraduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan
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- 0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aTohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan ,0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aGraduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan
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- 0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aTohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan ,0000 0001 2248 6943grid.69566.3aGraduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8575 Japan
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- 0000 0001 1507 4692grid.263518.bDepartment of Pediatrics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621 Japan ,Shinonoi General Hospital, Minami Nagano Center, 666-1 Shinonoi, Nagano City, Nagano 388-8004 Japan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano, 390-8621, Japan.
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Roberts SC, Jain S, Tremoulet AH, Kim KK, Burns JC, Anand V, Anderson M, Ang J, Ansusinha E, Arditi M, Ashouri N, Bartlett A, Chatterjee A, DeBiasi R, Dekker C, DeZure C, Didion L, Dominguez S, El Feghaly R, Erdem G, Halasa N, Harahsheh A, Jackson MA, Jaggi P, Jain S, Jone PN, Kaushik N, Kurio G, Lillian A, Lloyd D, Manaloor J, McNelis A, Michalik DE, Newburger J, Newcomer C, Perkins T, Portman M, Romero J, Ronis T, Rowley A, Schneider K, Schuster J, Tejtel SKS, Sharma K, Simonsen K, Szmuszkovicz J, Truong D, Wood J, Yeh S. The Kawasaki Disease Comparative Effectiveness (KIDCARE) trial: A phase III, randomized trial of second intravenous immunoglobulin versus infliximab for resistant Kawasaki disease. Contemp Clin Trials 2019; 79:98-103. [PMID: 30840903 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2019.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2018] [Revised: 01/28/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Although intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) is effective therapy for Kawasaki disease (KD), the most common cause of acquired heart disease in children, 10-20% of patients are IVIG-resistant and require additional therapy. This group has an increased risk of coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) and there has been no adequately powered, randomized clinical trial in a multi-ethnic population to determine the optimal therapy for IVIG-resistant patients. OBJECTIVES The primary outcome is duration of fever in IVIG-resistant patients randomized to treatment with either infliximab or a second IVIG infusion. Secondary outcomes include comparison of inflammatory markers, duration of hospitalization, and coronary artery outcome. An exploratory aim records parent-reported outcomes including signs, symptoms and treatment experience. METHODS The KIDCARE trial is a 30-site randomized Phase III comparative effectiveness trial in KD patients with fever ≥36 h after the completion of their first IVIG treatment. Eligible patients will be randomized to receive either a second dose of IVIG (2 g/kg) or infliximab (10 mg/kg). Subjects with persistent or recrudescent fever at 24 h following completion of the first study treatment will cross-over to the other treatment arm. Subjects will exit the study after their first outpatient visit (5-18 days following last study treatment). The parent-reported outcomes, collected daily during hospitalization and at home, will be compared by study arm. CONCLUSION This trial will contribute to the management of IVIG-resistant patients by establishing the relative efficacy of a second dose of IVIG compared to infliximab and will provide data regarding the patient/parent experience of these treatments.
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- Samantha C Roberts
- Rady Children's Hospital, 7910 Frost St Suite 300, San Diego, CA, 92123, United States.
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- University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, United States.
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- University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, United States; University of California Davis, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, 2450 48th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States.
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- University of California Davis, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, 2450 48th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817, United States.
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- Rady Children's Hospital, 7910 Frost St Suite 300, San Diego, CA, 92123, United States; University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA, 92093, United States.
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, 90048, United States
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- Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, B100, Aurora, CO, 80045, United States
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- Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 540 E Canfield St, Detroit, MI, 48201, United States
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- Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States of America
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- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 8700 Beverly Blvd, West Hollywood, CA, 90048, United States of America
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- Children's Hospital of Orange County, 1201 W. La Veta Avenue, Orange, CA, 92868, United States
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- The University of Chicago, Department of Pediatrics, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC6054, Chicago, IL, 60637, United States
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- University of South Dakota, Sanford School of Medicine, 1400 W 22nd St, Sioux Falls, SD, 57105, United States
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- Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
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- Stanford School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room H313, Stanford, CA, 94305-5208, United States
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- Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
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- Batson Children's Hospital, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39216, United States
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- Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, B100, Aurora, CO, 80045, United States
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- Children's Mercy, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO, 64108, United States
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital, 700 Children's Drive Suite T6B, Columbus, OH 43205, United States
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- Vanderbilt School of Medicine, 1161 21st Ave South, Nashville, TN, 37232, United States
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- Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
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- Children's Mercy, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO, 64108, United States
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- Emory University School of Medicine, 1405 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- Maria Fareri Children's Hospital at Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College (NYMC), 100 Woods Road, Valhalla, NY, 10595, United States
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- Children's Hospital Colorado, 13123 East 16th Avenue, B100, Aurora, CO, 80045, United States
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- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital-Oakland, 747 52nd street, Oakland, CA, 94609, United States
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- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital-Oakland, 747 52nd street, Oakland, CA, 94609, United States
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- Emory University School of Medicine, 1405 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, 705 Riley Hospital Dr, RI 3032, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
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- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital-San Francisco, 1691Mar West St, Tiburon, CA 94920, United States
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- Miller Children's Hospital, Long Beach, 2801 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 90806, United States
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- Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA, 02115, United States
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- David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, A2-383 MDCC, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
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- Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
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- Seattle Children's, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105, United States
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- Arkansas Children's Hospital, 1 Children's Way, Little Rock, AR, 72202-3591, United States
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- Children's National Health System, 111 Michigan Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20010, United States
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- The Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 310 E Superior Street, Morton 4-685B, Chicago, IL, 60611, United States
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- Batson Children's Hospital, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS, 39216, United States
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- Children's Mercy, 2401 Gillham Road, Kansas City, MO, 64108, United States
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- Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 Fannin St., MC-19345-C, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America
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- Children's Health, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 1935 Medical District Drive, Dallas, TX 75235, United States
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- University of Nebraska Medical Center, 982162 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-2162, United States
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Division of Cardiology, 4650 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90027, United States
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- University of Utah Health Care, 81 N. Mario Capecchi Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, 84113, United States
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- Indiana University School of Medicine, 705 Riley Hospital Dr, RI 3032, Indianapolis, IN, 46202, United States
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- Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1124 W. Carson St., Torrance, CA, 90509, United States
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