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Expansion of CD56-negative, CD16-positive, KIR-expressing natural killer cells after T cell-depleted haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation

De Angelis, Claudia and Mancusi, Antonella and Ruggeri, Loredana and Capanni, Marusca and Urbani, Elena and Velardi, Andrea and Stern, Martin. (2011) Expansion of CD56-negative, CD16-positive, KIR-expressing natural killer cells after T cell-depleted haploidentical hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Acta Haematologica, 126 (1). pp. 13-20.

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Abstract

The main functions of natural killer (NK) cells are early protection against viruses or tumor cells and production of cytokines that regulate immune functions. The present study assessed the role of different NK subsets in exerting graft-versus-leukemia effects in recipients of human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haploidentical hematopoietic transplants and monitored for the first time CD3-/CD56- lymphocyte expansion. CD3-/CD56- cells expressed NK cell-associated molecules, such as CD16, NKp46, NKp30, CD244 (2B4), CD161, and killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors. CD3-/CD56- cells further exhibited the classical functional characteristics of NK cells: cytolysis of target cells lacking HLA class I, antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity and cytokine production. These results demonstrate that CD56- NK cells are functional, recognize missing self and, like their CD56+ counterparts, may contribute to graft-versus-leukemia reactions.
Faculties and Departments:03 Faculty of Medicine > Departement Biomedizin > Former Units at DBM > Immunotherapy (Stern)
UniBasel Contributors:Stern, Martin Andreas
Item Type:Article, refereed
Article Subtype:Research Article
Publisher:Karger
ISSN:0001-5792
e-ISSN:1421-9662
Note:Publication type according to Uni Basel Research Database: Journal article
Language:English
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