Increased donor inhibitory KIR with known HLA interactions provide protection from relapse following HLA matched unrelated donor HCT for AML.
Publication/Presentation Date
11-1-2021
Abstract
Killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) and KIR-ligand (KIRL) interactions play an important role in natural killer cell-mediated graft versus leukemia effect (GVL) after hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) for AML. Accounting for known KIR-KIRL interactions may identify donors with optimal NK cell-mediated alloreactivity and GVL. A retrospective study of 2359 donor-recipient pairs (DRP) who underwent unrelated donor (URD) HCT for AML was performed. KIR-KIRL combinations were determined and associations with clinical outcomes examined. Relapse risk was reduced in DRP with both higher inhibitory KIR-KIRL (iKIR) and missing KIRL (mKIR) scores, with HR 0.86 (P = 0.01) & HR 0.84 (P = 0.02) respectively. The iKIR and mKIR score components were summed to give a maximal inhibitory KIR ligand (IM-KIR) score for each donor, which if it was 5, as opposed to
Volume
56
Issue
11
First Page
2714
Last Page
2722
ISSN
1476-5365
Published In/Presented At
Krieger, E., Qayyum, R., Keating, A., & Toor, A. (2021). Increased donor inhibitory KIR with known HLA interactions provide protection from relapse following HLA matched unrelated donor HCT for AML. Bone marrow transplantation, 56(11), 2714–2722. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41409-021-01393-9
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
34234295
Department(s)
Department of Medicine, Hematology-Medical Oncology Division
Document Type
Article