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SUBMITTER: Petersdorf EW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3633562 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Petersdorf Effie W EW Malkki Mari M Gooley Theodore A TA Spellman Stephen R SR Haagenson Michael D MD Horowitz Mary M MM Wang Tao T
Science translational medicine 20120701 144
Blood malignancies can be cured with hematopoietic cell transplantation from human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched unrelated donors; however, acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) affects up to 80% of patients and contributes to increased mortality. To test the hypothesis that undetected patient-donor differences for non-HLA genetic variation within the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) could confer risks after HLA-matched transplantation, we conducted a discovery-validation study of 4205 ...[more]