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ArticleBlood advances2024

Permissible HLA mismatches in 9/10 unrelated donor pediatric stem cell transplants using HLA-EMMA: an EBMT Inborn Errors Working Party study.

Erik G J von Asmuth, Fleur Hiensch, Sebastiaan Heidt, Alexander B Mohseny, Dave L Roelen, Cynthia S M Kramer, Frans H J Claas, Michael H Albert, Bénédicte Neven, Arjan C Lankester and 1 more

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Erik G J von AsmuthWillem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-6256-7457
Fleur HienschWillem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0009-0002-5690-1425
Sebastiaan HeidtDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Alexander B MohsenyWillem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Dave L RoelenDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1846-1193
Cynthia S M KramerDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1350-2336
Frans H J ClaasDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Michael H AlbertDepartment of Pediatrics, Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9143-3263
Bénédicte NevenPediatric Hematology and Immunology Unit, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France.
Arjan C LankesterWillem Alexander Children's Hospital, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Adriaan A van BeekDepartment of Immunology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-0786-1682

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abstractAllogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) with mismatched unrelated donors (MMUD) is associated with inferior outcome compared with matched unrelated donors (MUDs). We aimed to identify permissible mismatches using HLA epitope mismatch algorithm, which determines permissibility by analyzing amino acid sequences, in a single-center cohort of 70 pediatric 9/10 MMUD HSCTs and 157 10/10 MUDs for comparison. Amino acid matching was evaluated for the whole HLA protein, the α-helices, and the β-sheets, in both host vs graft (HvG) and graft vs host (GvH) direction. Superior event-free survival (EFS) was found in 13 patients permissibly mismatched in the HvG direction (totalHvG, 92% vs 58% at 1 year; P = .009) and in 21 patients matched on the α-helices (αHvG, 90% vs 53%; P = .002). These rates were similar to EFS rates in patients with 10/10 MUDs (90% vs 80%; P = .60). EFS was not related to β-sheet amino acid matching, nor to matching in the GvH direction. Overall survival (OS) rates trended similarly to those of EFS for amino acid mismatches (totalHvG, 92% vs 74%; P = .075; αHvG, 90% vs 71%; P = .072). These findings were reproduced in an EBMT Registry inborn errors cohort of 271 pediatric 9/10 MMUD HSCTs and 929 10/10 MUD HSCTs, showing a significant effect of αHvG matching on both OS and EFS and similar OS and EFS between αHvG matched MMUDs and 10/10 MUDs. In summary, HvG amino acid matching on the α-helices identifies 9/10 MMUDs with permissible mismatches, which are correlated with favorable transplant outcomes similar to those of matched donors.

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Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHistocompatibility TestingHLA AntigensUnrelated DonorsAdolescentChildChild, PreschoolFemaleGraft vs Host DiseaseHumansInfantMaleTransplantation, HomologousHLA Antigens

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