Sequence homology between HLA-bound cytomegalovirus and human peptides: A potential trigger for alloreactivity.

Human cytomegalovirus (hCMV) reactivation may often coincide with the development of graft-versus-host-disease (GVHD) in stem cell transplantation (SCT). Seventy seven SCT donor-recipient pairs (DRP) (HLA matched unrelated donor (MUD), n = 50; matched related donor (MRD), n = 27) underwent whole exo...

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Main Authors: Charles E Hall, Vishal N Koparde, Maximilian Jameson-Lee, Abdelrhman G Elnasseh, Allison F Scalora, David J Kobulnicky, Myrna G Serrano, Catherine H Roberts, Gregory A Buck, Michael C Neale, Daniel E Nixon, Amir A Toor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5553991?pdf=render