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Transplantation of bone marrow can give rise to graft-versus-host desease when donor T lymphocytes; mismatched with the host for major histocompatability (MHC) antigens, become sensitized and attack host tissues. However, graft-versus-host desease can also arise between donor and host with compatible MHC antigens but mismatched for a minor histocompatability antigen1–3. We report here on the occurrence of severe acute graft-versus-host disease in a male patient with acute myeloid leukaemia who had received bone marrow matched for MHC (HLA) antigens from his sister. Strong cytotoxicity of the post-transplantation (that is, donor) lymphocytes against the patient's pretransplantation lymphocytes was found. Thus, the transplanted lymphocytes differed in a non-HLA antigen from the patient. The possible role of this strong cytotoxic minor histocompatability antigen in the development of graft-versus-host disease in man is being evaluated. Furthermore, with the use of cytotoxic T-cell lines, derived from the patient's 6 day effector cells, we are now able to type for it before grafting.
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Goulmy, E., Gratama, J., Blokland, E. et al. A minor transplantation antigen detected by MHC-restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes during graft-versus-host disease. Nature 302, 159–161 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/302159a0
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