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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2016

Autosomal Minor Histocompatibility Antigens: How Genetic Variants Create Diversity in Immune Targets.

Marieke Griffioen, Cornelis A M van Bergen, J H Frederik Falkenburg

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marieke GriffioenDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , Netherlands.
Cornelis A M van BergenDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , Netherlands.
J H Frederik FalkenburgDepartment of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center , Leiden , Netherlands.
Leiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) can be a curative treatment for hematological malignancies. Unfortunately, the desired anti-tumor or graft-versus-leukemia (GvL) effect is often accompanied with undesired side effects against healthy tissues known as graft-versus-host disease (GvHD). After HLA-matched alloSCT, GvL and GvHD are both mediated by donor-derived T-cells recognizing polymorphic peptides presented by HLA surface molecules on patient cells. These polymorphic peptides or minor histocompatibility antigens (MiHA) are produced by genetic differences between patient and donor. Since polymorphic peptides may be useful targets to manipulate the balance between GvL and GvHD, the dominant repertoire of MiHA needs to be discovered. In this review, the diversity of autosomal MiHA characterized thus far as well as the various molecular mechanisms by which genetic variants create immune targets and the role of cryptic transcripts and proteins as antigen sources are described. The tissue distribution of MiHA as important factor in GvL and GvHD is considered as well as possibilities how hematopoietic MiHA can be used for immunotherapy to augment GvL after alloSCT. Although more MiHA are still needed for comprehensive understanding of the biology of GvL and GvHD and manipulation by immunotherapy, this review shows insight into the composition and kinetics of in vivo immune responses with respect to specificity, diversity, and frequency of specific T-cells and surface expression of HLA-peptide complexes and other (accessory) molecules on the target cell. A complex interplay between these factors and their environment ultimately determines the spectrum of clinical manifestations caused by immune responses after alloSCT.

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allogeneic stem cell transplantationdonor lymphocyte infusiongraft-versus-host diseasegraft-versus-leukemia reactivityhematological malignancyimmunotherapyminor histocompatibility antigensT-lymphocytes

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PMID27014279
PMCPMC4791598
OpenAlexW2322966658

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