50th ASH Annual Meeting and Exposition (December 6 - 9, 2008): Nonhematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells

Monday, December 8, 2008: 11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Gateway Ballroom 104 - South (Moscone Center)

Moderators:

Graca Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD and Massimo Dominici

11:00 AM

The Unique Pattern of Somatic Imprint in Oct-4⁺ Very Small Embryonic Like (VSEL) Stem Cells Isolated from Adult Tissues Further Supports Both Their Epiblast/Germ Line Origin and Explains Quiescent Status: Potential Modification of Somatic Imprint as a Key to Longevity?

Dong-Myung Shin, Ph.D.^*, Ewa K Zuba-Surma, Ph.D.^*, Mariusz Z Ratajczak, M.D., Ph.D. and Magdalena Kucia

James Graham Brown Cancer Center, Stem Cell Institute University of Louisville, Louisville, KY

11:15 AM

386

Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Hurler Syndrome

Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD¹, In-Hyun Park, M.D.²^*, Lily Xia, B.S.¹^*, Mark Osborn, B.S.¹^*, Ron T. McElmurry, B.S.¹^*, Paul J. Orchard, M.D.¹^*, George Q. Daley, MD, PhD³ and Bruce R Blazar, M.D.¹

¹Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
²Division of Hematology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
³Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA

11:30 AM

387

Epithelial Cells of Donor Origin after Allogeneic HCT: Result of Cell Fusion, Transdifferentiation (plasticity) or Transfer of Epithelial Cell Precursors with the Graft?

Faisal Khan, PhD¹^*, Sarah Sy¹^*, Polly Louie¹^*, Megan Smith¹^*, Judy Chernos¹^*, Robyn Lee¹^*, Noureddine Berka¹^*, Gary D. Sinclair¹^*, Richard Leigh¹^*, David Proud¹^*, James A. Russell² and Jan Storek, MD, PhD¹

¹University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
²Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada

11:45 AM

388

Tissue-Specific Gene Expression of Marrow Cells Co-Cultured with Various Murine Organs

Jason M. Aliotta, MD^*, Mandy Pereira^* and Peter J. Quesenberry, MD

Hematology/Oncology, Rhode Island Hospital, Center for Stem Cell Biology Research, Providence, RI

12:00 PM

389

Reprogrammed Murine Fibroblasts Differentiated into Hematopoietic Progenitors Are Able to Successfully Engraft and Repopulate the Bone Marrow

Zaida Alipio^*, Dan Xu^*, Jianchang Yang^*, Louis M. Fink, Wilson Xu^*, David C Ward^* and Yupo Ma

Nevada Cancer Institute, Las Vegas, NV

12:15 PM

390

Tales from the Crypt: Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Replenishing the Intestinal Stem Cell Pool

Evan Colletti, PhD¹^*, Deena ElShabrawy, M.D., Doc.²^*, Esmail D. Zanjani, PhD¹^*, Christopher D Porada, PhD¹^* and Graca Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD¹

¹Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV
²Clinical Pathology Department, Zagazig University, Cairo, Egypt

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502.O1.6 Nonhematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells