TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of HLA class I and class II high-resolution matching on outcomes of unrelated donor bone marrow transplantation
T2 - HLA-C mismatching is associated with a strong adverse effect on transplantation outcome
AU - Flomenberg, Neal
AU - Baxter-Lowe, Lee Ann
AU - Confer, Dennis
AU - Fernandez-Vina, Marcelo
AU - Filipovich, Alexandra
AU - Horowitz, Mary
AU - Hurley, Carolyn
AU - Kollman, Craig
AU - Anasetti, Claudio
AU - Noreen, Harriet
AU - Begovich, Ann
AU - Hildebrand, William
AU - Petersdorf, Effie
AU - Schmeckpeper, Barbara
AU - Setterholm, Michelle
AU - Trachtenberg, Elizabeth
AU - Williams, Thomas
AU - Yunis, Edmond
AU - Weisdorf, Daniel
N1 - Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We thank M. M. Babu (MRC, Laboratory of Molecular Biology) and M. Howard (John Innes Centre) for discussions. This work was supported by the European Research Council grant ‘MEXTIM’, Wellcome Trust grant 210654/Z/18/Z, the BBSRC Institute Strategic Programme GEN (BB/P013511/1), the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant 800318, the JSPS overseas research fellowship to R.I., and the Medical Research Council grant U105192713.
PY - 2004/10/1
Y1 - 2004/10/1
N2 - Outcome of unrelated donor marrow transplantation is influenced by donor-recipient matching for HLA. Prior studies assessing the effects of mismatches at specific HLA loci have yielded conflicting results. The importance of high-resolution matching for all HLA loci has also not been established. We therefore examined the effects of HLA matching (low or high resolution or both) on engraftment, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and mortality in 1874 donor-recipient pairs retrospectively typed at high resolution for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQ, and -DP. Mismatches at HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 each had similar adverse effects on mortality. Only HLA-A mismatches demonstrated significant adverse effects on GVHD. These adverse effects on outcome were more evident in transplants with low-resolution versus only high-resolution mismatches. Mismatches for HLA-DQ or -DP did not significantly affect outcome. When high-resolution mismatches at HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 were considered together, adverse effects on survival and GVHD were observed. We therefore conclude that matching for HLA-C should be incorporated into algorithms for unrelated donor selection. High-resolution mismatches at HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 adversely affect outcome, but less so than low-resolution mismatches. When clinical circumstances allow, high-resolution class I typing may help optimize donor selection and improve outcome.
AB - Outcome of unrelated donor marrow transplantation is influenced by donor-recipient matching for HLA. Prior studies assessing the effects of mismatches at specific HLA loci have yielded conflicting results. The importance of high-resolution matching for all HLA loci has also not been established. We therefore examined the effects of HLA matching (low or high resolution or both) on engraftment, graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), and mortality in 1874 donor-recipient pairs retrospectively typed at high resolution for HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, -DQ, and -DP. Mismatches at HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 each had similar adverse effects on mortality. Only HLA-A mismatches demonstrated significant adverse effects on GVHD. These adverse effects on outcome were more evident in transplants with low-resolution versus only high-resolution mismatches. Mismatches for HLA-DQ or -DP did not significantly affect outcome. When high-resolution mismatches at HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 were considered together, adverse effects on survival and GVHD were observed. We therefore conclude that matching for HLA-C should be incorporated into algorithms for unrelated donor selection. High-resolution mismatches at HLA-A, -B, -C, and -DRB1 adversely affect outcome, but less so than low-resolution mismatches. When clinical circumstances allow, high-resolution class I typing may help optimize donor selection and improve outcome.
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U2 - 10.1182/blood-2004-03-0803
DO - 10.1182/blood-2004-03-0803
M3 - Article
C2 - 15191952
AN - SCOPUS:4644359708
SN - 0006-4971
VL - 104
SP - 1923
EP - 1930
JO - Blood
JF - Blood
IS - 7
ER -