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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-3-1
pubmed:abstractText
HLA allele mismatches will provoke T-cell alloreactivity after allogeneic stem cell transplantation. As donors and recipients are usually HLA matched, the public HLA epitopes that are recognized by natural killer (NK) cells (NK epitopes) are rarely mismatched, and therefore there is rarely potential for NK alloreactivity arising from the absence of ligands for inhibitory killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR). Transplants using related donors sharing only one haplotype (haploidentical donors) represent a setting in which NK epitopes are often mismatched, thus resulting in the potential for NK alloreactivity. We have analyzed engraftment, acute graft vs host disease (GVHD), leukemia relapse, and survival in 62 haploidentical transplants in relationship with potential NK alloreactivity, inhibitory, and activating KIR genes of class I HLA NK epitopes. Potential NK alloreactivity in the rejection direction was not associated with any outcome variable. Potential NK alloreactivity in the GVHD direction was associated with an increased incidence of severe GVHD and poorer patient survival but not with non-engraftment nor leukemia relapse. A higher number of activating KIR receptors in the genome of the donor was associated with a higher prevalence of GVHD. These results suggest that lack of extensive T-cell depletion in haploidentical transplantation is associated with high GVHD rates and diminishes the benefits of NK-cell alloreactivity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0001-2815
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
63
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
204-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Child, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Cytotoxicity, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Epitopes, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Genes, MHC Class I, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Graft vs Host Disease, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Haploidy, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Killer Cells, Natural, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Receptors, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Receptors, KIR, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Transplantation Conditioning, pubmed-meshheading:14989709-Transplantation Immunology
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
The beneficial role of inhibitory KIR genes of HLA class I NK epitopes in haploidentically mismatched stem cell allografts may be masked by residual donor-alloreactive T cells causing GVHD.
pubmed:affiliation
Tissue Typing Unit, Hadassah University, Jerusalem, Israel. amal@hadassah.org.il
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article