TRANSPLANTATION Related transplantation with HLA-1 Ag mismatch in the GVH direction and HLA-8/8 allele-matched unrelated transplantation: a nationwide retrospective study

1Division of Hematology, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan; 2Adult Stem Cell Transplant Program, Division of Cellular Therapy, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 3HLA Laboratory, Kyoto, Japan; 4Stem Cell Transplantation Division, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; 5Hematology Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan; 6Department of Hematology, Japanese Red Cross Nagoya First Hospital, Nagoya, Japan; 7Department of Hematology, Hamanomachi Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan; 8Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; 9Department of Hematology, Kanagawa Cancer Center, Yokohama, Japan; 10Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan; 11Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization, Kumamoto Medical Center, Kumamoto, Japan; 12Department of Blood Transfusion, Hiroshima Red Cross and Atomic Bomb Survivors Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan; 13Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Toyama, Japan; 14Stem Cell Transplantation Center, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan; 15Department of Haematology/Oncology, Osaka Medical Centre and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan; 16Department of Hematology and Cell Therapy, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan; and 17Department of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Data Management/Biostatistics, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan