Whole-exome sequencing analysis identifies novel variants associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility

To explore the genes associated with susceptibility in KD, we conducted whole-exome sequencing of KD children from Yunnan province, China.We retrospectively evaluated the data from 93 KD patients and 91 non-KD controls who underwent whole-exome sequencing. Further the variants identification were confirmed through Sanger sequencing.This study suggested that two genes MYH14 and RBP3 were associated with KD susceptibility in the population from Yunnan province.