ASH 49^th Annual Meeting Itinerary: Abstracts pertinent to cord blood transplantation
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Monday, December 10, 2007

Session Information: Simultaneous Session: Experimental Transplantation: Basic Biology and Engraftment (7:30 a.m.- 9:00 a.m.)

Presentation Time: 7:45 am

Title: [176] An Animal Model That Predicts Unit Engraftment in Double Unit Cord Blood Transplant Recipients. Session Type: Oral Session
Authors: S. Chaudhury, J.N. Barker, A. de Baisre, R.J. O'Reilly, Malcolm A.S. Moore

Session Information: Simultaneous Session: Clinical Results: Alternative Donor Transplantation-Matched Unrelated Donors and Comparative Studies (7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.)

Presentation Time: 8:15 am

Title: [172] Comparable Outcome after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation from Matched Unrelated and Sibling Donors in Elderly Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Results of a Retrospective Analysis in 368 Patients. Session Type: Oral Session
Authors: Johannes Schetelig, Martin Bornhäuser, Christoph Schmid, Bernd Hertenstein, Rainer Schwerdtfeger, Hans Martin, Matthias Stelljes, Ute Hegenbart, Kerstin Schäfer−Eckart, Monika Füssel, Beate Wiedemann, Christian Thiede, Herrad Baurmann, Arnold Ganser, Hans-Jochem Kolb, Gerhard Ehninger

Session Information: Simultaneous Session: Clinical Results: Alternative Donor Transplantation-Umbilical Cord Blood and Comparative Studies, Selection Criteria, and New Approaches (11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

Presentation Time: 11:00 am

Title: [331] Reduced Intensity Allogeneic Transplant in Patients Older Than 55 Years: Unrelated Umbilical Cord Blood Is Safe and Effective for Patients without a Matched Related Donor. Session Type: Oral Session
Authors: Navneet S. Majhail, Claudio Brunstein, John E. Wagner, Marcie Tomblyn, Avis Thomas, Jeffrey S. Miller, Mukta Arora, Dan S. Kaufman, Linda J. Burns, Arne Slungaard, Philip B. McGlave, Daniel J. Weisdorf

Presentation Time: 11:15 am

Title: [332] Comparison of 6586 Unrelated Bone Marrow Transplants (UBMT) and 2713 Unrelated Cord Blood Transplants (UCBT) in Japan. Session Type: Oral Session
Authors: Shunichi Kato, Yasuo Morishima, Yoshiko Atsuta, Tokiko Nagamura, Yoichiro Takaue, Hisashi Sakamaki, Shinichiro Okamoto, Satoshi Takahashi, Shuichi Taniguchi, Koji Kato, Keiichi Isoyama, Minoko Takanashi, Shunro Kai, Hiroshi Azuma, Masahiro Tsuchida, Keisei Kawa, Yoshihisa Kodera

Session Information: Simultaneous Session: Experimental Transplantation: Suppression of GVHD (11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

Title: [350] In Vivo Activated CD103+CD4+ Regulatory T Cells Ameliorate Ongoing Chronic GVHD. Session Type: Oral Session
Authors: Dongchang Zhao, Chunyan Zhang, Tangsheng Yi, Chia−Lei Lin, Ivan Todorov, Fouad Kandeel, Stephen Forman, Defu Zeng (Intr. by Defu Zeng)

Session Information: Simultaneous Session: Clinical Results: Alternative Donor Transplantation-Umbilical Cord Blood and Comparative Studies, Selection Criteria, and New Approaches (11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.)

Presentation Time: 11:30 am

Title: [333] The Dose-Match Interaction in Umbilical Cord Blood (UCB) Transplantation: An Analysis of the Impact of Cell Dose and HLA−Match on the Disease−Free Survival (DFS) of 989 Patients Transplanted with Single Units for Hematologic Malignancy. Session Type: Oral Session
Authors: Juliet N. Barker, Andromachi Scaradavou, Cladd Stevens, Pablo Rubinstein Presentation Time: 11:45 am

Title: [334] Direct Intra-Bone Injection of Unrelated Cord Blood Cells Overcomes the Problem of Delayed Engraftment and Improves the Feasibility of Hematopoietic Transplant in Adult Patients. Session Type: Oral Session
Authors: Adalberto Ibatici, AnnaMaria Raiola, Marina Podesta, Francesca Gualandi, Nadia Sessarego, Alessia Parodi, Silvia Luchetti, Sarah Pozzi, Valeria Pinto, Giovanna Piaggio, Marco Gobbi, Andrea Bacigalupo, Francesco Frassoni

Session Information: Poster Session: Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia: Biology and Pathophysiology (5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.)

Presentation Time: 5:00 pm

Title: [2803] KIRs Expression and Cytotoxic Activities of Cord Blood Natural Killer Cells Against Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia with MLL Gene Rearrangement. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #22-III
Authors: Hiroko Honna, Kumiko Goi, Kinuko Hirose, Itaru Kuroda, Takeshi Inukai, Keiko Kagami, Kanji
Sugita

Session Information: Poster Session: Acute Myeloid Leukemias: Therapy, excluding Transplantation III (5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.)

Title: [2863] Evaluation of Clinical Judgement at Initiation of AML-Therapy in Elderly Patients - A Prospective Randomized Trial. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #82-III
Authors: Ulrich S. Schuler, Mathias Hanel, Heinrich Bodenstein, Hermann Einsele, Karl-Heinz Pflueger, Norbert Schmitz, Thomas Wagner, Hannes Wandt, Regina Herbst, Ulrich Kaiser, Gerhard Ehninger

Session Information: Poster Session: Clinical Care: Acute and Chronic GVHD, Infectious Complications, and Immune Reconstitution of Transplantation III (5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.)

Title: [2977] Graft-Versus-Host Disease (GVHD) in Cord Blood Transplantation (CBT): Risk Factors, Clinical Manifestations and Outcomes. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #196--III
Authors: Daniel Couriel, Poliana Patah, Rima Saliba, Lawrence Cooper, Laura Worth, Dimitrios Petropoulos, Leandro Depadua, Weiqing Zhang, Sergio Giralt, Richard Champlin, Elizabeth J. Shpall, Marcos de Lima

Title: [2981] Iron Overload Adversely Affects Survival and Increases Risk of Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Blood Stream Infections after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #200-III
Authors: Vinod Pullarkat, Suzette Blanchard, Bernard Tegtmeier, Andrew Dagis, Kathryn Patane, James Ito, Stephen J. Forman

Title: [2992] IL-7 along with Optimized CD3/CD28 Artificial APC Beads Promotes Ex Vivo Expansion of Cord Blood T Cells towards Adoptive Immunotherapy. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #211-III
Authors: Craig C. Davis, Melissa Mazur, Paul Szabolcs

Session Information: Poster Session: Clinical Results: Alternative Donor Transplantation-Matched Unrelated Donors and Haploidentical Transplants (5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.)

Title: [3051] A Comparison of 1 Antigen-Mismatched Related and Matched Unrelated Transplants. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #270-III
Authors: Poliana Patah, Rima Saliba, Marcelo Fernandez-Vina, Pedro Cano, Susana Pesoa, Gabriela Rondon, Borje Andersson, Sergio Giralt, Partow Kebriaei, Chitra Hosing, Paolo Anderlini, Daniel Couriel, Amin Alousi, Leandro Padua, Carlos Ramos, Richard Champlin, Marcos de Lima

Title: [3063] Rapid Transport and Infusion of Hematopoietic Stem Cells Can Improve Outcome after Unrelated Donor Transplant. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #282-III
Authors: Hillard M. Lazarus, Fangyu Kan, Sergey Tarima, Richard E. Champlin, Dennis Confer, Noelle Frey, Sergio Giralt, John E. Wagner, Mary M. Horowitz, Mary Eapen

Session Information: Poster Session: Experimental Transplantation: Immune Tolerance, Regulatory T-Cells, Immune Recovery, and Alloreactivity (5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.)

Title: [3272] Cord Blood NK Cytotoxic Activity Can Be Selelctively Modulated by Accessory. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #491-III
Authors: Dongxia Xing, Sufang Li, Robinson N. Simon, Decker William, Yang Hong, Steiner David, Thomas Michael, Richard E. Champlin, John D. McMannis, Marcelo F. Vina, Laurence J.N. Cooper, Paul J. Simmons, Patrick A. Zweidler-Mckay, Elizabeth J. Shpall

Session Information: Poster Session: Hematologic Malignancies and Treatment Complications (5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.)

Title: [3329] Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation from Sibling or Autologous Cord Blood Units: Report from a Single Cord Blood Unit (CBU) Bank. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #548-III
Authors: Jennifer Willert, Heather Brown, Denise LaBossierre, Joseph Rosenthal

Session Information: Poster Session: Hematopoiesis: Apoptosis and Cell Cycle Regulation (5:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.)

Title: [3367] Selected Members of the Angiopoietin-Like Family of Human Proteins Enhance Survival and Replating Capacity of Immature Human Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #586-III
Authors: Hal E. Broxmeyer, Edward F. Srour, Scott Cooper, Carrie T. Wallace, Giao Hangoc, Byung Youn

Session Information: Poster Session: Stem Cell Plasticity (5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.)

Title: [3697] Outgrowing Endothelial Cells That Are Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Blood Improve Neovascularization in Hind-Limb Ischemia. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #916-III
Authors: Eun-Sun Yoo, KiHwan Kwon, Jee-Young Ahn, Soo-Ah Oh, Hye-Jung Chang, Moon-Young Choi, Yeung-Chul Mun, Kyoung-Eun Lee, Chu-Myong Seong

Session Information: Poster Session: Vascular Wall Biology, Endothelial Progenitor Cells, and Platelet Adhesion (5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.)

Title: [3714] Human Cord Blood-Derived Endothelial Progenitor Cells Engraft Following In Utero Transplantation, Integrate into the Developing Cytoarchitecture and Contribute to Ongoing Vasculogenesis. Session Type: Poster Session, Board #933-III
Authors: Joshua A. Wood, Evan Colletti, Laura E. Mead, David A. Ingram, Christopher D. Porada, Esmail D. Zanjani, Mervin C. Yoder, Graça Almeida-Porada