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Haploidentical hematopoietic transplantation from KIR ligand-mismatched donors with activating KIRs reduces nonrelapse mortality.
Blood - 14 May 2015
Mancusi Antonella, Ruggeri Loredana, Urbani Elena, Pierini Antonio, Massei Maria Speranza, Carotti Alessandra, Terenzi Adelmo, Falzetti Franca, Tosti Antonella, Topini Fabiana, Bozza Silvia, Romani Luigina, Tognellini Rita, Stern Martin, Aversa Franco, Martelli Massimo F, Velardi Andrea
Abstract excerpt
Because activating killer cell immunoglobulinlike receptors (KIRs) are heterogeneously expressed in the population, we investigated the role of donor activating KIRs in haploidentical hematopoietic transplants for acute leukemia. Transplants were grouped according to presence vs absence of KIR-ligand mismatches in the graft-vs-host direction (ie, of donor-vs-recipient natural killer [NK]-cell alloreactivity). In...
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