POSTER SESSION V Wednesday, February 15, 2006   —  9:30 AM - 12:00 Noon Exhibit Level HEMATOPATHOLOGY 125 Activated STAT3 but not MAP Kinase p38 is Expressed in Acute Promyelocytic Leukema (APL) (1087) S Konoplev, R Luthra, G Rassidakis, LJ Medeiros, P Lin - UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 126 Atypical Blast Morphology at Relapse of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (1002) H Alvarez, VD Dayton, MM Dolan, TP Singleton - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 127 Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Pseudo-Chediak-Higashi Anomaly Exhibits a Specific Immunophenotype with CD2 Expression (1011) H Chang, QL Yi - University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 128 Relapse Rates In Patients With Aml In Relation To Type Of Transplant And CD56 Positivity (1150) K Taylor, D Jaye, M Graiser, K Easley, E Waller - Emory University, Atlanta, GA 129 CD7 Expression Predicts Poor Disease Free Survival and Post-remission Survival In Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Normal Karyotype (1172) J Yeung, QL Yi, H Chang - University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada 130 CD163: A Specific Immunohistochemical Marker Of Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Monocytic Differentiation (1052) DL Gardner, KK Reichard - University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM 131 Myeloid/Natural Killer Cell Precursor Immunophenotype Is Present in Heterogeneous Acute Leukemias (1024) AM Cioc, MM Dolan, TP Singleton - University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 132 T(8;13) Positive "Bilineage Lymphomas" With T-Cell And Myeloid Components: Report Of 4 Patients With The 8p11 Myeloproliferative Syndrome (EMS) (1157) F Vega, LJ Medeiros, LV Abruzzo - UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 133 Identification Of Novel RUNX1 (AML1) Translocation Partner Genes In Acute Myeloid Leukemia (1112) TT Nguyen, LN Ma, ML Slovak, CD Bangs, AM Cherry, DA Arber - Stanford Medical Center, Stanford, CA; City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 134 PAX5 Expression in Acute Myeloid Leukemia with and without t(8;21) is Associated with CD19 Expression (1056) SE Gibson, ED Hsi, HY Dong - Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; Genzyme Genetics, New York, NY 135 Abnormal Cytoplasmic Localization of ARF in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) with NPM Gene Mutations (1128) Y Ren, V Leventaki, M Routbort, T McDonnell, LJ Medeiros, GZ Rassidakis, W Chen - MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 136 Overexpression of CXCR4 in AML Predicts Adverse Overall and Progression-Free Survival Independently of Flt3 Gene Mutation (1086) S Konoplev, G Rassidakis, E Estey, H Kantarjian, M Konopleva, M Andreeff, G Kubiak, LJ Medeiros - UT MD Anderson Cancer Center; Houston, TX 137 A Biologically Distinctive Subgroup Of Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) With Characteristic Nuclear Morphology, High Frequency Of FLT3 and NPM Gene Mutations (1015) W Chen, G Rassidakis, J Li, M Roubort, D Jones, LJ Medeiros, C Bueso-Ramos - UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 138 Cyclin D1- and t(11;14)-Positive B-Cell Neoplasms Resembling Marginal Zone B-Cell Lymphoma - A Morphologic Variant of Mantle Cell Lymphoma (1092) A Mansoor, M Akbari, I Auer, R Lai - U of Calgary and Calgary Laboratory Service, Calgary, AB, Canada; U of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada 139 Loss Of Heterozygosity Identifies Genetic Differences Between Megakaryocytes And Surrounding Hematopoietic Tissues In Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders (1026) B Coleman, L Cheng, A Orazi, M Wang, DP O'Malley - Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN 140 Expression of Angiogenic Cytokines in Idiopathic Myelofibrosis (1113) H Ni, N Nanaji, S Wu, G Barosi, R Hoffman - University of Illinois, Chicago, IL; IRCCS, Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy 141 Correlation Of KIT D816V Mutation Analysis And Immunophenotypic Analysis Of Bone Marrow Aspirates In Patients Evaluated For Systemic Mastocytosis (1095) I Maric, A Siddon, W Fu, J Stoddard, J Robyn, D Metcalfe, P Noel - CC/NIH, NIAD/NIH, Bethesda, MD 142 Overexpression Of bFGF Is Frequent In Megakaryocytes Of Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders And MDS/AML With Fibrosis, But Is Not Correlated With The Presence Of The JAK2 VAL617Phe Mutation (1088) M Kremer, T Horn, A Tzankov, T Dechow, L Quintanilla-Martinez, F Fend - Technical University, Munich, Germany; University, Innsbruck, Austria; GSF Research Center, Neuherberg, Germany 143 Megakaryocytic Nuclear Phospho-STAT5 Staining in Non-CML Myeloproliferative Disorders Correlates with JAK2 V617F (994) S Aboudola, H Szpurka, G Murugesan, JP Maciejewski, RR Tubbs, NL Prescott, MA Verbic, ED Hsi - Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH 144 Expression of the DNA Excision Repair Gene OGG1 in Chronic Myeloproliferative Disorders and Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (1148) X Sun, E Wang, C Zuo, DM Jones, Y Gong, L Ai, AB Glassman, CF Ginsberg, HM Kantarjian, C Fan - University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 145 Percentage Hematogones By Flow Cytometric Analysis Is Lower In Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome Than In Cytopenic Patients Without Myelodysplastic Syndrome (1062) R Gupta, RP Hasserjian, WN Rezuke, JA DiGiuseppe, JP Hunt - Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT 146 Myelodysplastic Syndromes Post-Solid Organ Transplantation: Therapy Related Myelodysplasia Or A Consequence Of Immunosuppression? (1100) M Menes, E Vakiani, C Keller, V Murty, B Alobeid, G Bhagat - Columbia University, New York, NY 147 Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Isolated Del(20q): a Distinct Clinicopathologic Entity? (1063) R Gupta, V Johari, RP Hasserjian - Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 148 Bone Marrow Morphology Of Myelodysplasia With Monosomy 7 (1114) K Nigro, F Racke, N Rosenthal, H Meyerson - University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH; The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; The University of Iowa Hospitals, Iowa City, IA 149 Aplastic Anemia May Acquire Monosomy 7 Associated with Dysthrombopoiesis (1023) AM Cioc, TP Singleton, JP Neglia, MM Dolan - University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN 150 Growth Factor Therapy May Unmask Hypoplastic Myelodysplastic Syndrome Mimicking Aplastic Anemia (1076) A Kanugo, S Konoplev, LJ Medeiros, P Lin - UT Houston Medical School; UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX