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652. Myeloma: Pathophysiology and Pre-Clinical Studies, excluding Therapy: Poster II

Myeloma: Pathophysiology and Pre-Clinical Studies, excluding Therapy Program: Oral and Poster Abstracts
Type: Poster
Sunday, December 6, 2015: 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Hall A, Level 2 (Orange County Convention Center)

Minh Diem Vu, PhD1*, Samuel Moser, MSc2*, Camille Delon, MSc2*, Melanie Latzko, MSc2*, Reto Gianotti, MSc2*, Remo Lüoend, BSc2*, Chloé Friang, MSc2*, Ramona Murr, MSc2*, Lydia Jasmin Duerner, PhD2*, Tina Weinzierl, PhD2*, Tanja Fauti, PhD2*, Marina Bacac, PhD2*, Oliver Ast, PhD2*, Anne Freimoser-Grundschober, PhD2*, Tea Rodriguez Diaz, MSc2*, Jörg Zielonka, PhD2*, Erwin van Puijenbroek, PhD2*, Ralf Hosse, PhD2*, Peter Bruenker, PhD2*, Ekkehard Mössner, PhD2*, Christian Klein, PhD2, Pablo Umaña, PhD2 and Klaus Strein, MD, PhD1*

1EngMab AG, Wilen, Switzerland
2Roche Innovation Center Zurich, Schlieren, Switzerland

Susanne Hipp, PhD1*, Petra Deegen2*, Joachim Wahl, PhD2*, Diann Blanset, PhD3*, Oliver Thomas2*, Benno Rattel, PhD2*, Paul Adam, PhD1* and Matthias Friedrich, PhD2*

1Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co KG, Vienna, Austria
2Amgen Research (Munich) GmbH, Munich, Germany
3Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Ridgefield, CT

Arghya Ray, PhD1, Deepika Sharma DAS, PhD1*, Yan Song, Ph.D1*, Vincent Macri, MA2*, Christopher L. Brooks, PhD2, Eric K. Rowinsky, MD2*, Paul G. Richardson, MD3, Dharminder Chauhan, PhD1 and Kenneth C Anderson, MD4

1The LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Myeloma Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2Stemline Therapeutics, Inc., New York, NY
3Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
4LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Daniel Johannes Kowalewski1*, Simon D. Walz1,2*, Linus Backert3*, Heiko Schuster1*, Susanne M. Rittig, MD2*, Katja C. Weisel2*, Helmut R Salih, MD2,4, Lothar Kanz, MD2, Hans-Georg Rammensee, PhD1*, Stefan Stevanovic, PhD1* and Juliane S Stickel, MD2*

1Department of Immunology, Interfaculty Institute of Cell Biology, University of Tübingen, Tuebingen, Germany
2Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
3Applied Bioinformatics, Center for Bioinformatics and Department of Computer Science, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany
4Clinical Collaboration Unit Translational Immunology, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) and German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Partner site Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Lorenz Jahn1*, Renate S. Hagedoorn1*, Pleun Hombrink, PhD2*, Michel G.D. Kester1*, Dirk M. van der Steen1*, Chopie Hassan3*, Marjolein P. Schoonakker1*, Erwin van der Pijl1*, Peter A. van Veelen, PhD4*, J.H. Frederik Falkenburg, MD, PhD1 and Mirjam H.M. Heemskerk, PhD1

1Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
2Department of Hematopoiesis, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands
3Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
4Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands

Shirong Li, PhD1*, Jing Fu, PhD1*, Jing Wu, MD, PhD1,2*, Markus Y Mapara, MD, PhD1 and Suzanne Lentzsch, MD, PhD1

1Division of Hematology/Oncology, Columbia University, New York, NY
2Jilin University, Changchun, China

Julia B. Schueler, DVM, PhD1, Dagmar Wider2*, Kerstin Klingner1*, Gabrielle Melanie Siegers, PhD3, Annette M May, MD4*, Johannes M. Waldschmidt, MD2*, Alexander Keller, MD2*, Justus Duyster, MD2*, Ralph M. Waesch, MD2 and Monika Engelhardt, MD2

1Oncotest GmbH, Freiburg, Germany
2Department of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
3Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
4Institute of Pathology, University of Freiburg Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany

Bjoern Jacobi, MD1*, Lea Stroeher, MS1*, Nadine Leuchtner1*, Hakim Echchannaoui, PhD1*, Alexander Desuki, MD1*, Lara Kuerzer1*, Alice Habermeier2*, Edite Antunes1*, Eva Amann1*, John Bomalaski, MD3*, Closs Ellen, PhD, Prof.2*, Matthias Theobald, MD, PhD4 and Markus Munder, MD1*

1Department of Hematology, Oncology and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
2Department of Pharmacology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
3Polaris Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,, San Diego, CA
4University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Muntasir Mamun Majumder, MSc, MPharm1*, Raija Silvennoinen, MD2,3*, Pekka Anttila, MD4*, David Tamborero, PhD5*, Samuli Eldfors, MSc1*, Juha Lievonen, MD4*, Riikka J Karjalainen1*, Heikki Kuusanmäki, MSc1*, Alun Parsons1*, Minna Suvela1*, Kimmo Porkka, MD, PhD4,6 and Caroline Heckman1

1Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
2Department of Hematology, Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center, Helsinki, Finland
3Kuopio University Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine, Kuopio, Finland
4Department of Hematology, Helsinki University Hospital Comprehensive Cancer Center and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
5Research Unit on Biomedical Informatics, Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
6Hematology Research Unit Helsinki, Department of Medicine, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital (HUCH), Helsinki, Finland

Niamh Keane, MB BCh MRCPI1*, Mairead Reidy, PhD2*, Alessandro Natoni, PhD2* and Michael O'Dwyer, MD, FRCPI, FRCPath1

1Department of Hematology, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
2Biosciences, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland

Mark B Meads, PhD1*, Bin Fang, PhD2*, Linda Mathews1*, Jennifer Gemmer, MS1*, Liang Nong, MD1*, Ismael Rosado-Lopez1*, Tuan Nguyen1*, Jennifer E. Ring3*, William Matsui, MD4, Robert MacLeod, PhD5*, David T. Weaver, PhD3, Jonathan A. Pachter, PhD3*, Lori A. Hazlehurst, PhD6, John M. Koomen, PhD2* and Kenneth H. Shain, MD, PhD1

1Malignant Hematology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
2Proteomics, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL
3Verastem, Inc., Needham, MA
4Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
5Antisense Drug Discovery, Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Carlsbad, CA
6Molecular Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL

Jing Fu, PhD1*, Shirong Li, PhD1*, G. David Roodman, MD, PhD2, Markus Mapara, MD, PhD1, Stephen J. Weiss, MD3 and Suzanne Lentzsch, MD, PhD1

1Division of Hematology/Oncology, Columbia University, New York, NY
2Medicine/Hematology-Oncology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Hans Lee, M.D.1, Hua Wang, Ph.D.1*, Heather Lin, M.S.2*, Veera Baladandayuthapani, Ph.D.2*, Jin He1*, Richard Julian Jones, Ph.D.1, Isere Kuiatse, Ph.D.1*, Dongmin Gu, M.D., Ph.D.1, Zhiqiang Wang, PhD1*, Sean O'Brien, Ph.D.3*, Jonathan J Keats, Ph.D.4, Jing Yang, PhD1, Richard Eric Davis, M.D.1* and Robert Z. Orlowski, Ph.D., M.D.1,5

1Department of Lymphoma and Myeloma, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
2Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
3Senhwa Biosciences, Inc, San Diego, CA
4Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ
5Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Mark T Williams, BSc Hons, PhD1*, Katya Thümmler, Ph.D1*, Susan Kitson, Bsc Hons1*, Richard Soutar, MD, Ph.D2* and Carl S Goodyear, BSc Hons, PhD1*

1Institute for Infection, Immunity and Inflammation, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
2Beatson West of Scotland Cancer Centre, Gartnavel Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Paola Storti, PhD1*, Valentina Marchica1*, Denise Toscani, PhD1*, Irma Airoldi, PhD2*, Sophie Maiga, PhD3*, Marina Bolzoni, PhD1*, Nicoletta Campanini4*, Eugenia Martella, MD4*, Cristina Mancini, MD4*, Valentina Ferri1,5*, Gaetano Donofrio, PhD6*, Martine Amiot, PhD7*, Franco Aversa, MD1,8* and Nicola Giuliani, MD, PhD1,8

1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
2Laboratorio di Oncologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
3Inserm 892 Nantes University Hospital, Nantes, France
4Pathology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy
5University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
6Department of Medical-Veterinary Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
7INSERM UMR-892, CHU, Nantes, France
8Hematology, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Parma, Parma, Italy

Kei Kimura1*, Yuko Kuroda1*, Yuta Masuda1*, Arito Yamane2*, Hikaru Hattori3*, Kenichi Tahara, MD4*, Ayaka Kaneko1*, Itsumi Suda1*, Noriyuki Takahashi1*, Nanami Gotoh1*, Kie Nagai1*, Tomomi Nagashima1*, Takayuki Saitoh, MD, PhD1*, Hirono Iriuchishima, MD, PhD4*, Makiko Takizawa, PhD, MD4*, Hiromi Koiso4*, Takuma Ishizaki4*, Takeki Mitsui4*, Hiroaki Shimizu, M.D., PhD.5*, Akihiko Yokohama, MD, PhD6, Norifumi Tsukamoto, MD, PhD5, Tetsuhiro Kasamatsu1*, Yusuke Minato, PhD7*, Yoshihisa Nojima4*, Hirokazu Murakami, MD1 and Hiroshi Handa, MD, PhD4

1Department of Laboratory Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Gunma, Japan
2Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Oncology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
3Nagoya University Hospital, Aichi, Japan
4Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma, Japan
5Oncology Center, Gunma University Hospital, Gunma, Japan
6Blood Transfusion Service, Gunma University Hospital, Gunma, Japan
7Department of Virology and Preventive Medicine, Gunma University, Gunma, Japan

Arghya Ray, PhD1, Deepika Sharma DAS, PhD1*, Yan Song, Ph.D1*, Dharminder Chauhan, PhD1 and Kenneth C Anderson, MD2

1The LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Myeloma Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
2LeBow Institute for Myeloma Therapeutics and Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

Rainer Boxhammer*, Johannes Weirather, PhD*, Stefan Steidl, PhD* and Jan Endell, PhD*

MorphoSys AG, Martinsried/Planegg, Germany

Wagner Zago*, Mark Renz*, Ronald Torres*, Philip J. Dolan*, Robin M. Barbour*, Joshua R. Salmans*, Paul J. Shughrue*, Dale Schenk* and Gene G. Kinney*

Prothena Biosciences Inc, South San Francisco, CA

Barbara Muz, PhD, MSc1, Feda Azab, BPharm2*, Pilar De La Puente, PhD1, Yosef Landesman, PhD3* and Abdel Kareem Azab, BPharm, PhD1

1Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Biology Division, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
2Washington University In St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
3Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., Newton, MA

Roy Heusschen, PhD1*, Joséphine Muller, MSc1*, Marilène Binsfeld, MSc1*, Erwan Plougonven, PhD2*, Nadia Mahli, BSc1*, Geert Carmeliet, MD, PhD3*, Angélique Léonard, PhD2*, Martine Cohen-Solal, MD, PhD4*, Karin Vanderkerken, PhD5, Yves Beguin, MD, PhD1,6, Eline Menu, PhD5* and Jo Caers, MD, PhD1,6*

1Laboratory of Hematology, GIGA-I3, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
2PEPs (Products, Environment, Processes), Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
3Laboratory of Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
4Department of Rheumatology, INSERM-UMR 606, University of Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
5Myeloma Center Brussels, Department of Hematology and Immunology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
6Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University and CHU of Liège, Liège, Belgium

Lavinia Biamonte, PhD1*, Cinzia Federico, PhD2*, Eugenio Morelli, MD3*, Emanuela Leone, PhD1*, Maria Eugenia Gallo Cantafio, PhD1*, Maria Teresa Di Martino3*, Nicola Amodio, PhD3*, Marco Rossi, MD4*, Antonino Neri, Pr, MD5, Pierosandro Tagliaferri, MD6* and Pierfrancesco Tassone, MD6*

1Department of experimental and clinical medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
2Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
3Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
4Magna Graecia University, catanzaro, Italy
5Department Medical Sciences, Hematology 1 CTMO, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
6Salvatore Venuta Campus, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy

Ya-Wei Qiang, Shiqiao Ye, PhD, BSc, MSc*, Ricky D Edmondson, Ph.D.*, Yuhua Huang*, Sarah K. Johnson, PhD, Caleb K. Stein, MS*, Bart Barlogie, MD, PhD, Joshua Epstein, DSc, Gareth J Morgan, MD PhD and Faith E Davies, MD

Myeloma Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR

James J. Driscoll, MD, PhD1,2* and Ehsan Malek, MD3

1The Vontz Center for Molecular Studies, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
3Division of Hematology and Oncology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH

Jennifer S. Carew, Ph.D.1, Claudia M. Espitia2*, Weiguo Zhao3*, Valeria Visconte, PhD1*, Kevin R. Kelly, MD, PhD4 and Steffan T. Nawrocki, Ph.D.5

1Translational Hematology and Oncology Research, Taussig Cancer Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
2University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, CTRC Institute for Drug Development, San Antonio
3CTRC Institute for Drug Development University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
4University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
5CTRC Institute for Drug Development, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Miyuki Ookura, MD1*, Tatsuya Fujii2*, Shinji Kishi, MD, PhD1, Hiroko Shigemi, MD, PhD1*, Naoko Hosono, MD, PhD.1*, Takahiro Yamauchi, MD, PhD1, Takanori Ueda, MD, PhD1 and Akira Yoshida, MD, PhD3

1Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
2Medical Department, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan
3Department of Cancer Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, International University of Health and Welfare, Tochigi, Japan

Tatiana Pazina, MS, BS1*, Alexander MacFarlane, PhD1*, Ashley Mentik-James, PhD1*, Clinton Yam, MBBS2, Rebecca Kotcher, BA3*, Kerry S. Campbell, PhD, BSPharm1* and Adam D. Cohen, MD3

1Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
2Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
3Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

Maria Eugenia Gallo Cantafio, PhD1*, Annamaria Gulla, MD2,3*, Nicola Amodio, PhD4*, Emanuela Leone, PhD1*, Eugenio Morelli, MD4*, Lavinia Biamonte, PhD1*, Antonino Neri, Pr, MD5, Pierosandro Tagliaferri, MD2*, Pierfrancesco Tassone, MD2* and Maria Teresa Di Martino4*

1Department of experimental and clinical medicine, Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
2Salvatore Venuta Campus, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy
3Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Disease Center, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
4Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University Magna Graecia of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
5Department Medical Sciences, Hematology 1 CTMO, University of Milan, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

*signifies non-member of ASH