Hayashi T, Imai K, Morishita Y, Hayashi I, Kusunoki Y, Nakachi K. Identification of the NKG2D haplotypes associated with natural cytotoxic activity of peripheral blood lymphocytes and cancer immunosurveillance. Cancer Res. 2006;66:563–70.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Konuma T, Kanda J, Kuwatsuka Y, Yanada M, Kondo T, Hirabayashi S, et al. Differential effect of graft-versus-host disease on survival in acute leukemia according to donor type. Clin Cancer Res. 2021;27:4825–35.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Bejanyan N, Brunstein CG, Cao Q, Lazaryan A, Luo X, Curtsinger J, et al. Delayed immune reconstitution after allogeneic transplantation increases the risks of mortality and chronic GVHD. Blood Adv. 2018;2:909–22.

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Espinoza JL, Takami A, Onizuka M, Sao H, Akiyama H, Miyamura K, et al. NKG2D gene polymorphism has a significant impact on transplant outcomes after HLA-fully-matched unrelated bone marrow transplantation for standard risk hematologic malignancies. Haematologica. 2009;94:1427–34.

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Ido K, Koh H, Hirose A, Seto T, Makuuchi Y, Kuno M, et al. Effect of donor NKG2D polymorphism on relapse after haploidentical transplantation with post-transplantation cyclophosphamide. Transplant Cell Ther. 2022;28:20.e1–10.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Ogasawara K, Benjamin J, Takaki R, Phillips JH, Lanier LL. Function of NKG2D in natural killer cell-mediated rejection of mouse bone marrow grafts. Nat Immunol. 2005;6:938–45.

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Terakura S, Azuma E, Murata M, Kumamoto T, Hirayama M, Atsuta Y, et al. Hematopoietic engraftment in recipients of unrelated donor umbilical cord blood is affected by the CD34+ and CD8+ cell doses. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007;13:822–30.

Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Apithy MJ, Charbonnier A, Desoutter J, Diouf M, Morel P, Garçon L, et al. Impact of MICA and NKG2D polymorphisms in HLA-fully matched related and unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant. 2018;53:918–22.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Siemaszko J, Ussowicz M, Rybka B, Ryczan-Krawczyk R, Kałwak K, Bogunia-Kubik K. The impact of NKG2A and NKG2D receptors and HLA-E and MICA ligands polymorphisms on post-transplant complications after paediatric allogeneic HSCT: a single-centre experience. Front Genet. 2023;14:1186123.

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Simonetta F, Alvarez M, Negrin RS. Natural killer cells in graft-versus-host-disease after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation. Front Immunol. 2017;8:465.

Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

Groh V, Rhinehart R, Randolph-Habecker J, Topp MS, Riddell SR, Spies T. Costimulation of CD8alphabeta T cells by NKG2D via engagement by MIC induced on virus-infected cells. Nat Immunol. 2001;2:255–60.

Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Carapito R, Jung N, Kwemou M, Untrau M, Michel S, Pichot A, et al. Matching for the nonconventional MHC-I MICA gene significantly reduces the incidence of acute and chronic GVHD. Blood. 2016;128:1979–86.

Article  CAS  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar