PMID- 19924143 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100127 LR - 20211020 IS - 1476-5551 (Electronic) IS - 0887-6924 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 1 DP - 2010 Jan TI - Diverging effects of HLA-DPB1 matching status on outcome following unrelated donor transplantation depending on disease stage and the degree of matching for other HLA alleles. PG - 58-65 LID - 10.1038/leu.2009.239 [doi] AB - Disease stage and recipient/donor human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching are important determinants of outcome in transplantation using volunteer-unrelated donors (VUD). Matching for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQB1 is beneficial, whereas the importance of DPB1 matching is more controversial. The impact of HLA matching status may differ dependent on disease stage. We investigated the outcome according to the degree of HLA matching at 6 loci, in 488 recipients of predominantly T-cell depleted bone marrow VUD transplants for leukaemia. Survival was significantly better in 12/12-matched transplants in those with early leukaemia (5 years: 63 versus 41% in 10/10 matched, P=0.006), but not late stage disease. Conversely, within the HLA-mismatched group (< or =9/10), there was a significant survival advantage to DPB1 mismatching (5 years: 39 versus 21% in DPB1 matched, P=0.008), particularly in late leukaemia (P=0.01), persisting in multivariate analysis (odds ratio 0.478; 95% confidence interval 0.30, 0.75; P=0.001). These novel findings suggest that the best outcome for patients with early leukaemia, with a 10/10-matched donor, is achieved by matching for DPB1. Conversely, our results suggest that in patients receiving an HLA-mismatched graft, the outcome is significantly better if they are also mismatched for DPB1. We recommend validation of these results in independent datasets. FAU - Shaw, B E AU - Shaw BE AD - Research Department, Anthony Nolan Research Institute, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead, London NW3 2QG, UK. bshaw@doctors.org.uk FAU - Mayor, N P AU - Mayor NP FAU - Russell, N H AU - Russell NH FAU - Apperley, J F AU - Apperley JF FAU - Clark, R E AU - Clark RE FAU - Cornish, J AU - Cornish J FAU - Darbyshire, P AU - Darbyshire P FAU - Ethell, M E AU - Ethell ME FAU - Goldman, J M AU - Goldman JM FAU - Little, A-M AU - Little AM FAU - Mackinnon, S AU - Mackinnon S FAU - Marks, D I AU - Marks DI FAU - Pagliuca, A AU - Pagliuca A FAU - Thomson, K AU - Thomson K FAU - Marsh, S G E AU - Marsh SG FAU - Madrigal, J A AU - Madrigal JA LA - eng GR - MC_G0802523/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20091119 PL - England TA - Leukemia JT - Leukemia JID - 8704895 RN - 0 (HLA Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DP Antigens) RN - 0 (HLA-DP beta-Chains) RN - 0 (HLA-DPB1 antigen) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Alleles MH - Child MH - Child, Preschool MH - Female MH - Graft vs Host Disease/etiology MH - HLA Antigens/*genetics MH - HLA-DP Antigens/*immunology MH - HLA-DP beta-Chains MH - *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation MH - *Histocompatibility Testing MH - Humans MH - Leukemia/immunology/*therapy MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Recurrence MH - Tissue Donors EDAT- 2009/11/20 06:00 MHDA- 2010/01/28 06:00 CRDT- 2009/11/20 06:00 PHST- 2009/11/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/11/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/01/28 06:00 [medline] AID - leu2009239 [pii] AID - 10.1038/leu.2009.239 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leukemia. 2010 Jan;24(1):58-65. doi: 10.1038/leu.2009.239. Epub 2009 Nov 19.