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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 9.
Published in final edited form as: J Immunother. 2015 Jan;38(1):24–36. doi: 10.1097/CJI.0000000000000059

Table 3.

Expanded NK cell cytolytic activity

Treated Subjects Allo/ Auto Recipient Missing KIR-L Expanded NK
Specific Lysis (%)
CD356+ Potentially Alloreactive (%) Potentially Alloreactive & licensed (%) K562 Donor NK vs. Recipient Myeloma Donor NK vs. Unrelated Myeloma Unrelated NK vs Recipient Myeloma








1 Auto None 0 0 81.1 8.3 30.9 19.0
2 Allo II, Bw4 17.4 13.2 84.4 45.7 19.0 50.1
3 Auto None 0 0 78.2 NA 46.7 NA
4 Auto None 0 0 71.1 8.2 58.7 18.0
5 Allo II 33.4 33.4 71.2 74.3 49.5 63.1
6 Auto I 27.1 0 77.0 5.4 51.0 49.9
7 Auto None 0 0 81.7 45.0 28.5 58.7
8 Allo Bw4 12.5 0 80.4 NA 36.5 NA

Potentially alloreactive expanded NK cells were defined as CD356+ cells expressing KIR(s) recognizing the missing ligand(s) in the recipient and also negative for NKG2A and KIRs recognizing ligands present in the recipient. Licensed NK were defined as alloreactive NK derived from a donor expressing the KIR-L that was missing in the recipient. Allo, Allogeneic product recipients; Auto, Autologous product recipients; NA, Primary myeloma was not available from subjects 3 and 8.