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622.O4.8 Low Grade B-cell Lymphoma: Biology

Monday, December 8, 2008: 3:30 PM-5:30 PM
3001-3003-3005 - West (Moscone Center)
Moderators:
Peter McLaughlin, MD and Barbara Pro
3:30 PM
Gene Expression Profiling of Post-Follicular B-Cell Lymphoma

Wee-Joo Chng1, Gaofeng Huang1*, Paul J. Kurtin2*, Ahmet Dogan, M.D., Ph.D.2 and Ellen Remstein2*

1Haematology-Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
2Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

3:45 PM
Comprehensive Analysis of the Waldenström Macroglobulinemia “Cytokine Milieu” Reveals a Novel Role of Rantes Signaling in the Regulation of Immunoglobulin Production

Sherine F. Elsawa, PhD1, Anne J. Novak, Ph.D.1*, Steven C Ziesmer1*, Luciana L Almada, Ph.D.2*, Martin E Fernandez-Zapico, M.D.2*, Thomas E Witzig, M.D.1* and Stephen M. Ansell, M.D./Ph.D.1*

1Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
2Schulze Center for Novel Therapeutics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

4:00 PM
TRAF3 and TNFAIP3, Two Negative Regulators of NF-Kb Signaling Pathways, Are Mutated in Waldenström’s Macroglobulinemia

Esteban Braggio1*, J. Jonathan Keats, PhD2*, Xavier Leleu, MD, PhD3*, Ellen Remstein4*, Scott Van Wier5*, Victor H Jimenez-Zepeda1*, Riccardo Valdez, MD6, Roelandt Schop7*, Tammy Price-Troska8*, Antonio Sacco9*, Feda Azab9*, Philip R. Greipp, MD10*, Morie Gertz10*, S. Vincent Rajkumar, MD11*, Marta Chesi2*, Keith Stewart, MBChB, MBA2, Ahmet Dogan12*, Peter Leif Bergsagel, MD2, Irene Ghobrial3* and Rafael Fonseca, MD13

1Hematological Malignancies, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
2Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
3Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
4Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
5Hematology and oncology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
6Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
7Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale
8Hematology-Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
9Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute
10Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
11Hematology, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
12Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
13Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ

4:15 PM
miRNA Analysis Identifies a Unique Expression in Waldenström Macroglobulinemia B Cells and Plasma Cells

Sherine F. Elsawa, PhD, Anne J Novak, Ph.D.*, Deanna Grote*, Thomas E Witzig, M.D.* and Stephen M. Ansell, M.D., Ph.D.*

Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

4:30 PM
High Resolution Array-Based Analysis in Marginal Zone Lymphomas and Lymphoplasmacytic Lymphomas Identified Disease-Specific Patterns of Chromosome Abnormalities

Esteban Braggio1*, Ellen Remstein2*, Wee Joo J Chng3, Gaofeng Huang3*, Michael Barrett, PhD4*, Thomas E. Witzig, MD5*, Ahmet Dogan5* and Rafael Fonseca, MD6

1Hematology and Oncology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ
2Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
3Haematology-Oncology, National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore
4TGEN, Scottsdale
5Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
6Mayo Clinic Scottsdale, Scottsdale, AZ

4:45 PM
Array-CGH Identifies Both Common and Subtype-Specific Genomic Aberrations in Marginal Zone Lymphomas

Andrea Rinaldi1*, Paola MV Rancoita1*, Govind Bhagat2*, Urban Novak, MD2*, Subhadra Nandula2*, Vundavalli V. Murty3*, Maurilio Ponzoni4*, Silvia Govi4*, Andres JM Ferreri, MD5, Luca Baldini, MD6*, Randy Gascoyne7*, Jean Soulier, MD, PhD8, Catherine Thieblemont9, Roberto Marasca10*, Silvia Franceschetti11*, Gianluca Gaidano11*, Vincenzo Canzonieri12*, Valter Gattei12*, Fabio Facchetti13*, Alessandra Tucci13*, Manuela Mollejo14*, Miguel A. Piris14*, Silvia Uccella15*, Maria Grazia Tibiletti15*, Stephan Dirnhofer16*, Francesco Forconi17*, Ekaterina Chigrinova1*, Claudio Doglioni18*, Riccardo Dalla-Favera, MD19, Emanuele Zucca1*, Ivo Kwee1* and Francesco Bertoni, MD1

1Laboratory of Experimental Oncology and Lymphoma Unit, Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland (IOSI), Bellinzona, Switzerland
2Institute of Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, NY
3Institute for Cancer Genetics, Department of Pathology and Genetics & Development, Columbia University, New York, NY
4HSR, Milan, Italy
5Unit of Lymphoid Malignancies, Department of Oncology, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
6Department of Medical Science - O.U. Hematology 1, University of Milan - Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico, Milan, Italy
7BCCA, Vancouver, Canada
8Hematology Laboratory, Hopital Saint-Louis, Paris, France
9Hemato-Oncology, Hopital Saint-Louis, APHP - INSERM U 728 - Institut Universitaire d'Hematologie, Paris, France
10Modena University Hospital, Division of Hematology, Modena, Italy
11Division of Hematology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Amedeo Avogadro University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
12Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano (PN), Italy
13Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy
14CNIO, Madrid, Spain
15Insubria University, Varese, Italy
16Patholog, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
17Ematologia e Trapianti, Università di Siena - AOUS, Siena, Italy
18Pathology Unit, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
19Institute for Cancer Genetics, New York, NY

5:00 PM
Immunoglobulin Gene Repertoire in Ocular Adnexa Lymphomas (OAL): Hints on the Nature of the Antigenic Stimulation

Antonis Dagklis1*, Maurilio Ponzoni, MD2*, Andres JM Ferreri, MD3, Maria Giulia Cangi2*, Lorenza Pecciarini2*, Riccardo Dolcetti4*, Kostas Stamatopoulos, MD5*, Claudio Doglioni, MD2* and Paolo Ghia, MD, PhD6

1Unit and laboratory of Lymphoid Malignancies, Department of Oncology, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele and Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
2Pathology Unit, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
3Unit of Lymphoid Malignancies, Department of Oncology, Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
4Cancer Bio-Immunotherapy Unit, Department of Medical Oncology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS National Cancer Institute, Aviano
5Hematology Department and HCT Unit, G. Papanicolaou Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
6Unit and laboratory of Lymphoid Malignancies, Department of Oncology, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele and Istituto Scientifico San Raffaele, Milano, Italy

5:15 PM
Mir-21 Is Over Expressed in Aggressive SMZL

Marie Bouteloup1*, Aurélie Verney2*, Lucile Baseggio, PhD3*, Evelyne Callet-Bauchu, MD, PhD4*, Pascale Felman, MD5*, Martine Ffrench, MD, PhD3*, Bertrand Coiffier, MD6, jean-Pierre Magaud, MD, PhD7*, Francoise Berger, MD, PhD8*, Gilles Andre Salles, MD, PhD9 and Alexandra Traverse-Glehen, MD, PhD10*

1Hematologie, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Benite, France
2Umr Cnrs 5239, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Pierre Bénite, France
3Hématologie Biologique and UMR CNRS 5239, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud and Université Lyon I, Pierre Bénite, France
4Cytogenetic Laboratory and UMR CNRS 5239, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud and Université Lyon I, Pierre Bénite, France
5Hematologie biologique and UMR CNRS 5239, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud and Université Lyon I, Pierre-Benite, France
6Hématologie and UMR CNRS 5239, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud and Université Lyon I, Pierre-Benite
7Hematology (Biology) and UMR5239 CNRS, Hospices civils de Lyon Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud, Pierre Benite, France
8Pathology and UMR CNRS 5239, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre hospitalier Lyon Sud and Université Lyon 1,, Pierre-Bénite, France
9Hematologie, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Benite, France
10Pathology and UMR CNRS 5239, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud and Université Lyon I, Pierre Bénite, France

*signifies non-member of ASH