title: Humoral HLA sensitization matters in CBT outcome.
abstract: In this issue of Blood, Cutler and colleagues present evidence that donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies are associated with graft failure in double umbilical cord blood transplantation (CBT).1 Engraftment of donor cells is the first important step in successful transplantation and, until recently, the causes of engraftment failure remained elusive.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University; the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
authors.forename: Marcelo A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Vina
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Lima
authors.forename: Stefan O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Ciurea