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The favorable role of homozygosity for killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) A haplotype in patients with advanced-stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Hematology & Oncology, March 2016
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Title
The favorable role of homozygosity for killer immunoglobulin-like receptor (KIR) A haplotype in patients with advanced-stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma
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Journal of Hematology & Oncology, March 2016
DOI 10.1186/s13045-016-0255-4
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Giorgio La Nasa, Marianna Greco, Roberto Littera, Sara Oppi, Ivana Celeghini, Rossella Caria, Sara Lai, Rita Porcella, Massimo Martino, Alessandra Romano, Francesco Di Raimondo, Andrea Gallamini, Carlo Carcassi, Giovanni Caocci

Abstract

Interim positron emission tomography after 2 cycles of ABVD (iPET-2) is a good predictor of outcome in advanced-stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma. So far, there are no other prognostic biomarkers capable of identifying chemotherapy refractory patients with comparable accuracy. Despite the considerable amount of evidence suggesting that antitumor immune surveillance is downregulated in classic Hodgkin lymphoma (cHL), few data exist on the impairment of natural killer cell function and the role of their killer immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs). We investigated KIR gene frequencies, KIR haplotypes, and KIR-ligand combinations in a cohort of 135 patients with advanced-stage classic Hodgkin lymphoma and 221 healthy controls. We furthermore evaluated the correlation of KIR genes and KIR haplotypes with the achievement of negative iPET-2. In the cohort of patients, the 5-year overall survival and progression-free survival were 93.6 and 79 %, respectively. Homozygosity for KIR A haplotype and the HLA-C1 KIR ligand (KIR-AA/C1C1) was significantly higher in healthy controls (15.7 vs. 4.8 %, p = 0.001). The KIR-AA genotype resulted to have a significant predictive power for achieving iPET-2 negativity (p = 0.039). Homozygosity for KIR A haplotype offers protection against classic Hodgkin lymphoma. The association found for the KIR-AA genotype and achievement of negative iPET-2 suggests that KIR-AA could be used in clinical practice to enhance the chemosensitivity predictive power of iPET-2. Our results point to the possibility of adapting treatment strategies based on the combination of KIR biomarkers and PET scan.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Czechia 1 3%
Unknown 35 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 22%
Student > Bachelor 4 11%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 11%
Student > Master 4 11%
Other 3 8%
Other 5 14%
Unknown 8 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 39%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 3 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 2 6%
Other 3 8%
Unknown 8 22%
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