Providing hematopoietic stem cell products from unrelated donors to the world: DKMS donor centers and DKMS registry

AH Schmidt, J Sauter, J Schetelig, E Neujahr… - Best Practice & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplantation is a curative therapy for many
severe blood diseases. As many patients have no suitable family donor, large unrelated …

High population frequencies of MICA copy number variations originate from independent recombination events

A Klussmeier, K Putke, S Klasberg, M Kohler… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
MICA is a stress-induced ligand of the NKG2D receptor that stimulates NK and T cell
responses and was identified as a key determinant of anti-tumor immunity. The MICA gene …

5 years DKMS Chile: approach, results and impact of the first unrelated stem cell donor center in Chile

F Barriga, UV Solloch, A Giani, J Palma… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) is performed
worldwide to treat blood cancer and other life-threatening blood disorders. As successful …

Optimisation of global stem cell donor recruitment based on analysis of unsuccessful donor searches

J Sauter, SN Bernas, D Flaig, JA Hofmann, M Maiers… - HLA, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Despite over 41 million registered potential volunteer stem cell donors worldwide, many
patients in need of a transplant do not find an HLA‐matched unrelated donor or cord blood …