BMT Tandem "Scientific" Meeting
		
	
	Ballroom E-H (Salt Palace Convention Center)
	
	
	
	
	
		
			Chairs:
			
				
					
					
						Christopher G. Kanakry, MD
					
				
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						Edwin M.  Horwitz, MD, PhD
					
				
			
 
		 
	
	
	
	
	
	
Summary:
Abstracts: #2668, 2567, 2678, 2415, 2719, 2652, 1830, 2723
	
		
		
	
	
		
			
				Ex Vivo Treatment of Umbilical Cord Blood with Prostaglandin E2 Alters the Molecular and Functional Properties of T Cells Via Modulating Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling
			
			
				
					
						Lequn Li, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Anoma Nellore, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Sean M McDonough, MS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Ioannis Politikos, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Haesook Kim, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Sarah Nikiforow, MD PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Robert J. Soiffer, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Joseph H Antin, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Karen Ballen, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital; 
					
						Corey Cutler, MD MPH FRCP(C), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Jerome Ritz, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Vassiliki A Boussiotis, MD PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
					
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				Impaired B Cell Clonotype Diversification After Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation Predicts Graft-Versus-Host Disease
			
			
				
					
						Aaron Logan, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine; 
					
						Bita Sahaf, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine; 
					
						Bing Zhang, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine; 
					
						Sally Arai, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine; 
					
						Victoria Carlton, PhD, Sequenta, Inc.; 
					
						Jianbiao Zheng, PhD, Sequenta, Inc.; 
					
						Martin Moorhead, PhD, Sequenta, Inc.; 
					
						Mark R. Krampf, Stanford University School of Medicine; 
					
						Carol D. Jones, Stanford University School of Medicine; 
					
						Amna N. Waqar, Stanford University School of Medicine; 
					
						Malek Faham, MD, PhD, Sequenta, Inc.; 
					
						Judith A. Shizuru, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine; 
					
						James L. Zehnder, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine; 
					
						David B. Miklos, MD, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine
					
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				Markers of Angiogenesis and Neovascularization Correlate with Functional Recovery of Thymic Epithelial Cells and T Cell Immune Reconstitution After Cord Blood Transplantation in Adults
			
			
				
					
						Ioannis Politikos, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Haesook Kim, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Julia Brown, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Sean M McDonough, MS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Lequn Li, MD, PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Corey Cutler, MD MPH FRCP(C), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Robert J. Soiffer, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Joseph H Antin, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Karen Ballen, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital; 
					
						Jerome Ritz, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Vassiliki A Boussiotis, MD PhD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School
					
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				Stem-Like Characteristics in a Subset of CD161 Expressing Human Memory CD4+ T Cells Facilitates Their Survival After Chemotherapy
			
			
				
					
						Abdullah Alsuliman, Imperial College; 
					
						Ahmad Khoder, Imperial College; 
					
						Kate Stringaris, Imperial College; 
					
						Takuya Sekine, Imperial College; 
					
						Bonnie Razzaghi, Imperial College; 
					
						Hugues de Lavallade, Imperial College; 
					
						Anushruthi Sarvaria, Imperial College; 
					
						David Marin, Imperial College; 
					
						Katayoun Rezvani, MD; PhD, MD Anderson Cancer Center
					
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				Autologous aGVHD Associated with Infusion of T-Cells with Engineered Specificity for NY-ESO-1 and Lage-1 Following High-Dose Melphalan and ASCT in Patients with Multiple Myeloma
			
			
				
					
						Alfred L Garfall, MD, Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; 
					
						Michael Kalos, PhD, Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; 
					
						Emma E. Furth, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; 
					
						Dan Vogl, MD, MSCE, Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; 
					
						Brendan Weiss, MD, Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; 
					
						Joshua Cantor, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; 
					
						Minnal Gupta, MS, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; 
					
						Bruce Levine, PhD, Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; 
					
						Aaron Rapoport, MD, Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland; 
					
						Lilliam Ribeiro, MBe, Adaptimmune, LLC; 
					
						Bent Jakobsen, PhD, Adaptimmune, LLC; 
					
						Dominic Smethurst, MD, Adaptimmune, LLC; 
					
						Gwendolyn Binder-Scholl, PhD, Adaptimmune, LLC; 
					
						Carl H. June, MD, Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; 
					
						Edward A. Stadtmauer, MD, Abramson Cancer Center and Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
					
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				Epitopes of CMVpp65 Co-Presented by Multiple Allelic Variants of HLA Class-I Antigens: Implications for Adoptive Immunotherapy for CMV Using Third Party Donor –Derived CMV Specific CTLs
			
			
				
					
						Aisha Nasreen Hasan, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; 
					
						Guenther Koehne, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; 
					
						Annamalai Selvakumar, PhD, Sloan Kettering Inst Cancer Res; 
					
						Ekaterina S. Doubrovina, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; 
					
						Susan Prockop, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; 
					
						Richard O'Reilly, MD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
					
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				Safe and Effective Treatment of Graft Versus Host Disease with Platelet Lysate-Expanded Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: A Prospective, Multicentric, Phase 1 Study
			
			
				
					
						Giovanna Lucchini, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital; 
					
						Martino Introna, USC Hematology and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “G. Lanzani”, Ospedali Riuniti,  Bergamo (Italy); 
					
						Erica Dander, M.Tettamanti Research Center; 
					
						Attilio Rovelli, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Adriana Balduzzi, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Daniela Valentina Longoni, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Fabio Pavan, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Francesca Masciocchi, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Alessandra Algarotti, USC Hematology and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “G. Lanzani”, Ospedali Riuniti,  Bergamo (Italy); 
					
						Maria Caterina Mico, USC Hematology and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “G. Lanzani”, Ospedali Riuniti,  Bergamo (Italy); 
					
						Anna Grassi, USC Hematology and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “G. Lanzani”, Ospedali Riuniti,  Bergamo (Italy); 
					
						Sara Deola, HSCT unit, Bolzano (Italy); 
					
						Giuseppe Gaipa, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Daniela Belotti, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Paolo Perseghin, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Matteo Parma, HSCT adult unit, San Gerardo Hospital Monza; 
					
						Enrico Pogliani, HSCT adult unit, San Gerardo Hospital Monza; 
					
						Jose Golay, USC Hematology and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “G. Lanzani”, Ospedali Riuniti,  Bergamo (Italy); 
					
						Chiara Capelli, USC Hematology and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “G. Lanzani”, Ospedali Riuniti,  Bergamo (Italy); 
					
						Sara Cortellazzo, “M.Tettamanti” Research Centre, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Giovanna D`Amico, “M.Tettamanti” Research Centre, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Andrea Biondi, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy); 
					
						Alessandro Rambaldi, USC Hematology and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “G. Lanzani”, Ospedali Riuniti,  Bergamo (Italy); 
					
						Ettore Biagi, HSCT pediatric unit, and Laboratory of Cell Therapy “S. Verri”, San Gerardo Hospital, Monza (Italy)
					
				
			
			
				
			
		
	 
 
			
		
	
	
		
			
				CD25+ Regulatory T CELL-Depleted DONOR Lymphocyte Infusion for Relapse After Allogeneic Transplantation – A PHASE 1 Study
			
			
				
					
						Sarah Nikiforow, MD PhD, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Haesook Kim, PhD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Grace Kao, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Marie-Michele Sainvil, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Sean M McDonough, MS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Philippe Armand, MD, PhD, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Vincent T. Ho, MD, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Edwin P. Alyea III, MD, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Corey Cutler, MD MPH FRCP(C), Harvard Medical School; 
					
						Jerome Ritz, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Joseph H Antin, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; 
					
						Robert J. Soiffer, MD, Harvard Medical School; 
					
						John Koreth, MBBS, DPhil, Harvard Medical School