https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/danicamtiv-my
Hepcidin is an iron metabolism inhibitor that increases with chronic inflammation. However, it is unclear whether hepcidin indicates acute inflammatory response in Kawasaki disease (KD), which is an acute systemic vasculitis. In this study, we examined the serum hepcidin levels before and after intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy in responders and non-responders to IVIG. This was a pilot prospective observational study at a university hospital. All KD patients were initially administered 2 g/kg of IVIG as the first IVIG