Table 1 Characteristics of 16 consecutive patients who underwent autologous HCT and were grouped by their numbers of inhibitory KIR–HLA receptor–ligand mismatched pairs

From: Inhibitory KIR–HLA receptor–ligand mismatch in autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation for solid tumour and lymphoma

Disease

Indication for HCT

Disease status at the time of HCT

No. of CD133+ cells in the graft (× 106 kg−1)

Natural cytotoxicity (%)a

HLA-Bw

HLA-C

KIR mismatch a

Outcome

NB

Stage 4

VGPR

7.9

32.0

6/6

Asn80/Asn80

2DL1, 3DL1

Alive, NED

HD

Relapse

PR

5.5

13.1

6/6

Asn80/Asn80

2DL1, 3DL1

Alive, NED

HD

Relapse

CR

4.8

35.0

6/6

Asn80/Asn80

2DL1, 3DL1

Alive, NED

HD

Relapse

PR

5.0

16.8

6/6

Asn80/Asn80

2DL1, 3DL1

Alive, NED

NB

Stage 4

VGPR

7.6

13.5

4/6

Asn80/Asn80

2DL1

Alive, NED

NHL

Relapse

PR

2.1

ND

6/6

Asn80/Lys80

3DL1

Alive, NED

NHL

Relapse

PR

2.2

31.0

6/6

Asn80/Lys80

3DL1

Alive, NED

NB

Stage 4

VGPR

8.0

15.9

6/6

Asn80/Asn80

3DL1

Died of PD

NHL

Relapse

PR

5.9

15.6

4/6

Lys80/Lys80

2DL3

Died of PD

PNET

Metastasis

CR

5.3

16.5

4/6

Asn80/Asn80

2DL1

Died of PD

DSRCT

Metastasis

CR

5.4

18.4

4/6

Asn80/Lys80

None

Alive, NED

NHL

Relapse

PR

2.5

ND

4/6

Asn80/Lys80

None

Died of PD

ES

Relapse

PR

3.8

26.8

4/6

Asn80/Lys80

None

Died of PD

NB

Stage 4

VGPR

7.8

17.7

4/4

Asn80/Lys80

None

Died of PD

NB

Stage 4

PR

6.0

ND

6/6

Asn80/Lys80

None

Died of PD

NB

Stage 4

VGPR

8.0

15.0

4/6

Asn80/Lys80

None

Died of PD

  1. Abbreviations: CR=complete response; DSRBT=desmoplastic small round cell tumour; ES=Ewing's sarcoma; HD=Hodgkin's disease; NB=neuroblastoma; ND=not done; NED=no evidence of disease; NHL=non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; PD=progressive disease; PNET=primitive neuroectodermal tumour; PR=partial response; VGPR=very good partial response.
  2. aNatural cytotoxicity indicates the specific lysis of K562 cells by blood mononuclear cells post-HCT and is used for the analysis of the cytotoxicity model; KIR–HLA mismatch is determined by using the receptor–ligand model.