Margareta Frühwirth^1*, Daniela Thaler^1*, Andreas Reinisch^1*, Katharina Schallmoser^2*, Eva Rohde^2*, Nicole A Hofmann^3*, Werner Linkesch^4* and Dirk Strunk¹

¹Department of Hematology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Stem Cell Research Unit Graz, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
²University Clinic of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Stem Cell Research Unit Graz, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
³Stem Cell Research Unit Graz, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
⁴Department of Hematology & Stem Cell Transplantation, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Norihiko Nakao^1*, Takayuki Nakayama, MD, PhD^1*, Koji Yamamoto, MD, PhD^2* and Tomoki Naoe, MD, PhD¹

¹Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Nagoya, Japan
²Nagoya University Hospital, Department of Transfusion Medicine, Nagoya, Japan

Fernando Fierro^1*, David Poitz^2*, Jan A. Nolta, PhD³, Martin Bornhaeuser^4*, Gerhard Ehninger⁴ and Thomas Illmer⁵

¹Hematology, Medical Clinic I - Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
²Cardiology, Medical Clinic II - Technical University Dresden, Dresden
³University of California at Davis, Sacramento, CA
⁴Medical Clinic I, University Hospital, Dresden, Germany
⁵Medizinische Klinik I, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

Jakub Tolar, MD, PhD¹, Robert C Pueringer, B.S.^1*, Ron T McElmurry, B.S.^1*, Huber R Warner, Ph.D.^2*, Stephen G Young, M.D.^3* and Bruce R Blazar, M.D.⁴

¹Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
²College of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
³Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
⁴Pediatric Heme/Onc/BMT, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Kirsten Canté-Barrett, PhD^*, Jessica M.E. van den Oever^* and Willem E. Fibbe, MD, PhD

Dep. of Immunohematology and Bloodtransfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Hongbo Lu^1*, Zhihong Zeng, PhD^2*, Yuexi Shi^2*, Sergej Konoplev, MD, PhD¹, Donald Wong, PhD^3*, Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD⁴ and Michael Andreeff, MD, PhD²

¹Hematopathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
²Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
³Chemokine Therapeutics Corp., Vancouver, BC, Canada
⁴Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Melisa Soland, BS^*, Mariana Bego, PhD^*, Christopher D Porada, PhD^*, Esmail D. Zanjani, PhD^*, Stephen St Jeor, PhD^* and Graca Almeida-Porada, MD, PhD

Animal Biotechnology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV

Felipe Saldanha Araujo^1*, Rodrigo Alexandre Panepucci^1*, Kelen Cristina Farias^1*, Amelia G Araujo^2*, Maristela Delgado Orellana^1*, Camila Branquinho Menezes^1*, Patricia bonini Palma^1*, Dimas Tadeu Covas^1* and Marco Antonio Zago^2*

¹Internal Medicine, São Paulo University, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
²Internal Medicine, Sao Paulo University, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil

Anja Köhler^1*, Vince Schmithorst^2*, Marie-Dominique Filippi, PhD³, Marnie A. Ryan, PhD^4*, Deidre Daria^4*, Matthias Gunzer^1* and Hartmut Geiger, PhD^5*

¹Institute of Molecular and Clinical Immunology, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany, Magdeburg, Germany
²Imaging Research Center, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
³Cincinnati Children's Hosp. Med. Ctr., Cincinnati, OH
⁴Division of Experimental hematology and cancer biology, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
⁵Division of Experimental hematology and cancer biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Michela Battista, PhD^1*, Simon Mendez-Ferrer, PhD^2* and Paul S. Frenette, M.D.³

¹Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
²Med. Div. of Hem., Mount Sinai School of Med., New York, NY
³Department of Medicine and Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY

Michael Heuser^1*, Geyongsin Park^1*, Ping Xiang^1*, Sarah Vollett^1*, Malina Leung^1*, Courteney Lai^1*, Grace Lin^1* and R. Keith Humphries, MD, PhD²

¹British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
²Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Akiko Iseki^*, Yohei Morita^*, Hiromitsu Nakauchi^* and Hideo Ema

Division of Stem Cell Therapy, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ariane Tormin, MS^1*, Jan Claas Brune^1*, Stuart Walsh, BS^1*, Johan Richter, MD, PhD^2*, Xiaolong Fan, MD, PhD³ and Stefan Scheding, MD¹

¹Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
²Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Lund, Lund, Sweden
³The Rausing Laboratory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Sergej Konoplev, MD, PhD¹, Hongbo Lu, MMSC^1*, Michael A Fiegl, MD^2*, Zhihong Zeng, PhD^2*, Wenjing Chen, MD^2*, Michael Andreeff, MD, PhD² and Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD³

¹Hematopathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
²Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
³Leukemia, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Maria Roubelakis, PhD^1*, Dimitra Zagoura^1*, Ourania Trohatou^1*, Pantelis Zotos^2*, Vassiliki Bitsika^1*, Sophia Kossida, PhD^2*, Kalliopi I Pappa, MD, PhD^3*, Aristidis Antsaklis, MD, PhD^3* and Nicholas P. Anagnou, MD, PhD⁴

¹Cell and Gene Therapy Laboratory, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athnes, Athens, Greece
²Bioinformatics Department, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athnes, Athens, Greece
³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
⁴Laboratory of Biology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Felicia Ciuculescu^1*, Melanie Giesen^1*, Erika Deak^1*, Erhard Seifried, MD, PhD², Tanja Nicole Hartmann^3* and Reinhard Henschler⁴

¹University of Frankfurt, Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immune Hematology, Frankfurt, Germany
²University of Frankfurt, Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immune Hematology, Frankfurt, Germany
³Third Medical Department, Laboratory of Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research (LIMCR), University Hospital, Salzburg, Austria, Salzburg, Azerbaijan
⁴Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology, Blood Transfusion Centre of the German Red Cross, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Erika Deak^1*, Brigitte Ruester^2*, Stephan Göttig^2*, Elena Puccetti, Ph.D.^3*, Martin Ruthardt, MD^4*, Erhard Seifried, MD, PhD⁵, Jürgen Scheele, MD^6* and Reinhard Henschler⁷

¹Production, Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immune Hematology, Frankfurt, Germany
²University of Frankfurt, Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immune Hematology, Frankfurt
³Institute of Molecular Biology, Marburg, Germany
⁴Department of Internal Medicine II, Haematology, Goethe-University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
⁵University of Frankfurt, Institute of Transfusion Medicine and Immune Hematology, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
⁶Internal Medicine I, University of Freiburg, Freiburg
⁷Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohaematology, Blood Transfusion Centre of the German Red Cross, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Hyung Chan Suh, MD, PhD, Ming Ji^*, John Gooya^*, Michael Lee^*, Kimberly Klarmann^* and Jonathan R. Keller^*

Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Inst. - Frederick, Frederick, MD

Michael Andreeff, MD, PhD¹, Teresa McQueen, BS^1*, Christopher Williams^2*, Jun Gu, MS, MD^3*, Vicki L. Hopwood, MS, BS^3*, Taylor Appleberry^2*, Corinn Rich^2*, Stephanie Dallaire, PhD, MD^2*, Steven Kornblau, MD^1* and Rui-Yu Wang, MD, PhD¹

¹Stem Cell Transplantation and Cellular Therapy, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
²PerkinElmer, Inc., Waltham, MA
³School of Health Sciences, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Jaira Ferreira de Vasconcellos, BSc, MD^1*, Nilson Ivo Tonin Zanchin, PhD^2*, Angelo A. Cardoso, MD., PhD³, Silvia Regina Brandalise, MD, PhD^4* and José Andrés Yunes, PhD^5*

¹Medical Genetics, Centro Infantil Boldrini, State University of Campinas, Campinas / SP, Brazil
²Molecular Biology Laboratory, Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron, Campinas, SP, Brazil
³Cancer Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
⁴Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil
⁵Molecular Biology Laboratory, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, SP, Brazil