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The impact of recipient HLA-Cw and donor killer immunoglobulin-like receptor genotyping on the outcome of patients receiving HLA-matched sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for myeloid malignancies.
Swiss medical weekly - 1 Jan 2013
Wang Hua, He Yi, Zhai Wen-jing, Wang Mei, Zhou Zheng, Zhao Ying-xin, Feng Si-zhou, Han Ming-zhe
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The alloreactivity of natural killer cell and certain subsets of T lymphocyte are regulated by the interaction between killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) of donor cells and human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-class I molecules on target cells. The interaction has been shown to influence the outcome of allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Homozygous C1 or C2 and heterozygous...
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