The Fifth Nagoya International Blood And Marrow Transplantation Symposium: unlimited possibilities of hematopoietic cell transplantation: lessons from the past and prospects for the future.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-1-2004
Abstract
In this symposium, a new concept, alloreactive NK cells regulated by KIR, was discussed extensively. There is no doubt that KIR epitope compatibility has a critical impact on the transplantation outcome; however, it is too early to determine the significance of KIR genotyping over KIR epitope assumption based on HLA type. We need to wait for a large-scale analysis to be done before we know the answer. What became clear in this meeting is that big collaborations or multicenter studies are becoming more important as sources of ethnic background data, and many other factors are found to affect clinical outcomes, making center-to-center comparisons more difficult.
Volume
79
Issue
2
First Page
200
Last Page
204
ISSN
0925-5710
Published In/Presented At
Nakajima, Hikaru, and Yoshiki Akatsuka. “The Fifth Nagoya International Blood And Marrow Transplantation Symposium: unlimited possibilities of hematopoietic cell transplantation: lessons from the past and prospects for the future.” International journal of hematology vol. 79,2 (2004): 200-4. doi:10.1532/ijh97.03159
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
15005353
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article