PMID- 24771045 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140925 LR - 20171116 IS - 1432-0584 (Electronic) IS - 0939-5555 (Linking) VI - 93 IP - 9 DP - 2014 Sep TI - KIR haplotype B donors but not KIR-ligand mismatch result in a reduced incidence of relapse after haploidentical transplantation using reduced intensity conditioning and CD3/CD19-depleted grafts. PG - 1579-86 LID - 10.1007/s00277-014-2084-2 [doi] AB - Natural killer (NK)-cell alloreactivity after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) is influenced by the interaction of killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs) on donor NK cells and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I ligands on recipient cells. We investigated the influence of donor KIR haplotype and KIR-ligand mismatch (MM) on relapse in 57 patients with hematologic malignancies receiving haploidentical HCT after reduced intensity conditioning and graft CD3/CD19 depletion. Of the 57 donors, 17 had KIR haplotype A (29.8 %) and 40 had KIR haplotype B (70.2 %). A KIR-ligand MM was found in 34 of 57 patients (59.6 %). There was no difference between donor KIR haplotypes in non-relapse mortality (NRM, p = 0.200) but had a significantly reduced incidence of relapse for patients with a haplotype B donor (p = 0.001). In particular, patients in partial remission (PR) benefited more from a haplotype B graft (p = 0.008) than patients in complete remission (CR, p = 0.297). Evaluating KIR-ligand MM cumulative incidences of relapse (p = 0.680) or NRM (p = 0.579), we found no significant difference. In conclusion, in the setting of reduced intensity conditioning (RIC) and CD3/CD19-depleted haploidentical HCT, we could not confirm the positive data with KIR-ligand MM but observed a significant lower risk of relapse with a KIR haplotype B donor. FAU - Michaelis, Sebastian U AU - Michaelis SU AD - Department of General Paediatrics, Haematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, 72076, Tuebingen, Germany. FAU - Mezger, Markus AU - Mezger M FAU - Bornhauser, Martin AU - Bornhauser M FAU - Trenschel, Rudolf AU - Trenschel R FAU - Stuhler, Gernot AU - Stuhler G FAU - Federmann, Birgit AU - Federmann B FAU - Oevermann, Lena AU - Oevermann L FAU - Kanz, Lothar AU - Kanz L FAU - Handgretinger, Rupert AU - Handgretinger R FAU - Bethge, Wolfgang A AU - Bethge WA LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial, Phase II PT - Journal Article PT - Multicenter Study PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140426 PL - Germany TA - Ann Hematol JT - Annals of hematology JID - 9107334 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD19) RN - 0 (CD3 Complex) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Receptors, KIR) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Antigens, CD19/genetics/metabolism MH - Blood Group Incompatibility/complications/genetics MH - CD3 Complex/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Separation MH - Female MH - Haplotypes MH - Hematologic Neoplasms/genetics/*surgery MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation/adverse effects MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/*cytology/immunology/metabolism MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/*genetics MH - Histocompatibility Testing MH - Humans MH - Incidence MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Receptors, KIR/*genetics MH - Recurrence MH - Transplantation Conditioning/adverse effects/methods MH - Transplantation, Homologous MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2014/04/29 06:00 MHDA- 2014/09/26 06:00 CRDT- 2014/04/29 06:00 PHST- 2013/09/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/04/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/04/29 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/04/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/09/26 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s00277-014-2084-2 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Ann Hematol. 2014 Sep;93(9):1579-86. doi: 10.1007/s00277-014-2084-2. Epub 2014 Apr 26.