Circulating Myeloid Dendritic Cells is Decreased in the Acute Phase of Kawasaki Disease

Kenji Suda^1,2*, Shintaro Kishimoto¹, Tomoyuki Takahashi³, Hiroshi Nishino¹, Hisayoshi Okamura³, Yozo Teramachi¹, Takato Yokoyama⁴, Hideo Yasukawa, Keizo Ohbu², Keizo Ohbu⁴, Tsutomu Imaizumi and Toyojiro Matsuishi^1,3

¹Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Kurume University School of Medicine, Japan

²Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kurume University, Japan

³Cognitive and Molecular Research Institute of Brain Diseases, Kurume University, Japan

⁴Department of Pediatrics, St. Mary’s Hospital, Japan

^*Corresponding Author: Kenji Suda, MD, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-Machi, 830-0011, Japan, Tel: +81-942-31-7565, Fax: +81-942-38-1792 Email: