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1. Bawany F
2. Tbakhi B
3. Mendler JH
4. Richardson CT
5. Bennett JM
6. Aljitawi OS
Remission of anti-TIF1γ dermatomyositis after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant for myelodysplastic syndrome.; Blood advances; Vol 4(22). 2020 Nov 24.
1. Tbakhi B
2. Furqan F
3. Scott G
4. Liesveld JL
5. Aljitawi OS
Autologous Stem Cell Rescue recipient with neutrophil tissue delivery detected prior to blood engraftment: a case report.; EJHaem; Vol 1(1). 2020 Jul.
1. Elad S
2. Aljitawi O
3. Zadik Y
Oral graft-versus-host disease: a pictorial review and a guide for dental practitioners.; International dental journal. 2020 Jun 28.
1. Liesveld JL
2. Sharma N
3. Aljitawi OS
Stem Cell Homing: From Physiology to Therapeutics.; Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio). 2020 Jun 11.
1. Mina A
2. Aljitawi OS
Use of hyperbaric oxygen in hematopoietic cell transplantation to aid post-transplant recovery.; Journal of comparative effectiveness research; Vol 9(3). 2020 Feb.
1. Abdelhakim H
2. Shune L
3. Bhatti S
4. Cantilena AR
5. Baran A
6. Lin TL
7. Ganguly S
8. Singh AK
9. Abhyankar S
10. Divine C
11. Lipe B
12. McGuirk J
13. Allin D
14. Aljitawi OS
Results of the First Clinical Study in Humans That Combines Hyperbaric Oxygen Pretreatment with Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation.; Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation; Vol 25(9). 2019 Sep.
1. Chiu YG
2. Aljitawi OS
VCAM-1+ macrophages usher hematopoietic stem and progenitor cell to vascular niche "hotspots".; Annals of translational medicine; Vol 7(Suppl 3). 2019 Jul.
1. Li D
2. Chiu G
3. Lipe B
4. Hopkins RA
5. Lillis J
6. Ashton JM
7. Paul S
8. Aljitawi OS
Decellularized Wharton jelly matrix: a biomimetic scaffold for ex vivo hematopoietic stem cell culture.; Blood advances; Vol 3(7). 2019 Apr 09.
1. Milito C
2. Masel D
3. Henrichs K
4. Schmidt AE
5. Kirkley S
6. Aljitawi O
7. Becker M
8. Blumberg N
9. Refaai MA
Post-Transfusion Purpura Mimicking Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: A Case Report.; Laboratory medicine. 2019 Mar 27.
1. Mina A
2. Shune L
3. Abdelhakim H
4. Lin TL
5. Ganguly S
6. Baran A
7. Singh A
8. Abhyankar S
9. McGuirk JP
10. Allin D
11. Aljitawi OS
Long-term results of a pilot study evaluating hyperbaric oxygen therapy to improve umbilical cord blood engraftment.; Annals of hematology; Vol 98(2). 2019 Feb.
1. Li D
2. Lin TL
3. Lipe B
4. Hopkins RA
5. Shinogle H
6. Aljitawi OS
A novel extracellular matrix-based leukemia model supports leukemia cells with stem cell-like characteristics.; Leukemia research; Vol 72. 2018 Sep.
1. Converse GL
2. Li D
3. Buse EE
4. Hopkins RA
5. Aljitawi OS
Wharton's Jelly Matrix Decellularization for Tissue Engineering Applications.; Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.); Vol 1577. 2018.
1. Cheung KY
2. Berry A
3. Li D
4. Aljitawi OS
Hyperbaric oxygen treatment effects on in vitro cultured umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells.; Cytotherapy; Vol 20(1). 2018 Jan.
1. Aljitawi OS
2. Laughlin M
3. Broxmeyer H
Erythropoietin in umbilical cord blood transplantation: defining the role and implications.; Expert review of hematology; Vol 10(8). 2017 Aug.
1. Lipe B
2. Kambhampati S
3. Veldhuizen PV
4. Yacoub A
5. Aljitawi O
6. Mikhael J
Correlation between markers of bone metabolism and vitamin D levels in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS).; Blood cancer journal; Vol 7(12). 2017 Jan 14.
1. Jadalannagari S
2. Converse G
3. McFall C
4. Buse E
5. Filla M
6. Villar MT
7. Artigues A
8. Mellot AJ
9. Wang J
10. Detamore MS
11. Hopkins RA
12. Aljitawi OS
Decellularized Wharton's Jelly from human umbilical cord as a novel 3D scaffolding material for tissue engineering applications.; PloS one; Vol 12(2). 2017.
1. Aljitawi O
Erythropoietin in umbilical cord blood transplantation: Defining the role and implications; Expert Review of Hematology.. 2017 Jan 01.
1. Abhyankar S
2. Lubanski P
3. DeJarnette S
4. Merkel D
5. Bunch J
6. Daniels K
7. Aljitawi O
8. Lin T
9. Ganguly S
10. McGuirk J
A novel hematopoietic progenitor cell mobilization regimen, utilizing bortezomib and filgrastim, for patients undergoing autologous transplant.; Journal of clinical apheresis; Vol 31(6). 2016 Dec.
1. Jadalannagari S
2. Berry AM
3. Hopkins RA
4. Bhavsar D
5. Aljitawi OS
Potential mechanisms underlying ectodermal differentiation of Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stem cells.; Biochemical and biophysical research communications; Vol 478(2). 2016 Sep 16.
1. Singh AK
2. Porrata LF
3. Aljitawi O
4. Lin T
5. Shune L
6. Ganguly S
7. McGuirk JP
8. Abhyankar S
Fatal GvHD induced by PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab in a patient with Hodgkin's lymphoma.; Bone marrow transplantation; Vol 51(9). 2016 Sep.
1. Rinehart M
2. Hochard E
3. Rockey M
4. Abhyankar S
5. Ganguly S
6. Lin T
7. McGuirk J
8. Shune L
9. Singh A
10. Aljitawi O
Evaluation of cytomegalovirus reactivation and tolerability in seropositive umbilical cord transplant patients after implementation of an intensive prevention strategy.; Hematology/oncology and stem cell therapy; Vol 9(3). 2016 Sep.
1. Brownback KR
2. Simpson SQ
3. Pitts LR
4. Polineni D
5. McGuirk JP
6. Ganguly S
7. Aljitawi OS
8. Lin TL
9. Singh A
10. Abhyankar S
Effect of extracorporeal photopheresis on lung function decline for severe bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome following allogeneic stem cell transplantation.; Journal of clinical apheresis; Vol 31(4). 2016 Aug.
1. Iliff A
2. Divine C
3. Diaz F
4. Aljitawi O
5. Abhayankar S
6. McGuirk J
7. Ganguly S
Adequacy of peripheral blood stem cell mobilization in patients with relapsed B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma treated with bendamustine.; Leukemia & lymphoma; Vol 57(5). 2016 May.
1. Aljitawi OS
2. Hari P
Propylene glycol-free melphalan as conditioning regimen for autologous transplantation in myeloma.; International journal of hematologic oncology; Vol 5(1). 2016 May.
1. Luu Tran H
2. Mahmoudjafari Z
3. Rockey M
4. Henry D
5. Grauer D
6. Aljitawi O
7. Abhyankar S
8. Ganguly S
9. Lin T
10. McGuirk J
Tolerability and outcome of once weekly liposomal amphotericin B for the prevention of invasive fungal infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients with graft-versus-host disease.; Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners; Vol 22(2). 2016 Apr.
1. Aljitawi OS
2. Paul S
3. Ganguly A
4. Lin TL
5. Ganguly S
6. Vielhauer G
7. Capitano ML
8. Cantilena A
9. Lipe B
10. Mahnken JD
11. Wise A
12. Berry A
13. Singh AK
14. Shune L
15. Lominska C
16. Abhyankar S
17. Allin D
18. Laughlin M
19. McGuirk JP
20. Broxmeyer HE
Erythropoietin modulation is associated with improved homing and engraftment after umbilical cord blood transplantation.; Blood; Vol 128(25). 2016 Jan 22.
1. Pokhrel SD
2. Persons DL
3. Aljitawi OS
RSV-Related Thrombocytopenia Associated with Transient Cytogenetic Abnormalities in a Recipient of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation.; Case reports in hematology; Vol 2016. 2016.
1. Kirschbaum MH
2. Frankel P
3. Synold TW
4. Xie Z
5. Yen Y
6. Popplewell L
7. Chen R
8. Aljitawi O
9. Tuscano JM
10. Chan KK
11. Newman EM
A phase I pharmacodynamic study of GTI-2040, an antisense oligonucleotide against ribonuclotide reductase, in acute leukemias: a California Cancer Consortium study.; Leukemia & lymphoma; Vol 57(10). 2016 Jan.
1. Hari P
2. Aljitawi OS
3. Arce-Lara C
4. Nath R
5. Callander N
6. Bhat G
7. Allen LF
8. Stockerl-Goldstein K
A Phase IIb, Multicenter, Open-Label, Safety, and Efficacy Study of High-Dose, Propylene Glycol-Free Melphalan Hydrochloride for Injection (EVOMELA) for Myeloablative Conditioning in Multiple Myeloma Patients Undergoing Autologous Transplantation.; Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation; Vol 21(12). 2015 Dec.
1. Bray WM
2. Bivona C
3. Rockey M
4. Henry D
5. Grauer D
6. Abhyankar S
7. Aljitawi O
8. Ganguly S
9. McGuirk J
10. Singh A
11. Lin TL
Outcomes for newly diagnosed patients with acute myeloid leukemia dosed on actual or adjusted body weight.; Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology; Vol 76(4). 2015 Oct.
1. Ciurea SO
2. Zhang MJ
3. Bacigalupo AA
4. Bashey A
5. Appelbaum FR
6. Aljitawi OS
7. Armand P
8. Antin JH
9. Chen J
10. Devine SM
11. Fowler DH
12. Luznik L
13. Nakamura R
14. O'Donnell PV
15. Perales MA
16. Pingali SR
17. Porter DL
18. Riches MR
19. Ringdén OT
20. Rocha V
21. Vij R
22. Weisdorf DJ
23. Champlin RE
24. Horowitz MM
25. Fuchs EJ
26. Eapen M
Haploidentical transplant with posttransplant cyclophosphamide vs matched unrelated donor transplant for acute myeloid leukemia.; Blood; Vol 126(8). 2015 Aug 20.
1. Jadalannagari S
2. Aljitawi OS
Ectodermal Differentiation of Wharton's Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Applications.; Tissue engineering. Part B, Reviews; Vol 21(3). 2015 Jun.
1. Lin TL
2. Williams T
3. He J
4. Aljitawi OS
5. Ganguly S
6. Abhyankar S
7. Fleming A
8. Male H
9. McGuirk JP
Rates of complete diagnostic testing for patients with acute myeloid leukemia.; Cancer medicine; Vol 4(4). 2015 Apr.
1. Ganguly S
2. McRae J
3. He J
4. Divine C
5. Abhyankar S
6. Aljitawi O
7. McGuirk JP
Routine radiographic screening after completion of initial chemotherapy and relapse-free survival after transplant in patients with relapsed lymphoma.; Leukemia & lymphoma; Vol 56(2). 2015 Feb.
1. Singh AK
2. Divine C
3. Aljitawi O
4. Abhyankar S
5. McQuirk JP
6. Ganguly S
In Vivo Purging May Not be Required in the Era of Universal Use of Rituximab Containing Chemo-Immunotherapy in Patients with Follicular and Mantle Cell Lymphoma: A Single Center Experience.; Bio of Blood and Marrow Transp; Vol 21(2 Supp), pp. 135-136. 2015 Jan 01.
1. Aljitawi OS
2. Ganguly S
3. Abhyankar SH
4. Ferree M
5. Marks R
6. Pipkin JD
7. McGuirk JP
Phase IIa cross-over study of propylene glycol-free melphalan (LGD-353) and alkeran in multiple myeloma autologous transplantation.; Bone marrow transplantation; Vol 49(8). 2014 Aug.
1. Deauna-Limayo D
2. Aljitawi OS
3. Ganguly S
4. Abhyankar S
5. Wick JA
6. McGuirk JP
Combined use of multiday palonosetron with aprepitant and low-dose dexamethasone in prevention of nausea and emesis among patients with multiple myeloma and lymphoma undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant: A pilot study.; Journal of oncology pharmacy practice : official publication of the International Society of Oncology Pharmacy Practitioners; Vol 20(4). 2014 Aug.
1. Prochaska L
2. Vacek J
3. Madan R
4. Abhyankar S
5. Ganguly S
6. McGuirk JP
7. Lin TL
8. Aljitawi OS
Intestinal ischemia after allogeneic stem cell transplantation: a report of four cases.; Transplantation proceedings; Vol 46(5). 2014 Jun.
1. Brownback KR
2. Simpson SQ
3. McGuirk JP
4. Lin TL
5. Abhyankar S
6. Ganguly S
7. Aljitawi OS
Pulmonary manifestations of the pre-engraftment syndrome after umbilical cord blood transplantation.; Annals of hematology; Vol 93(5). 2014 May.
1. Wieliczka ML
2. Ganguly S
3. Abhyankar S
4. Lin T
5. McGuirk JP
6. Aljitawi OS
Rituximab as a treatment for factor VIII inhibitor in a patient with chronic GVHD.; Bone marrow transplantation; Vol 49(4). 2014 Apr.
1. Aljitawi OS
2. Li D
3. Xiao Y
4. Zhang D
5. Ramachandran K
6. Stehno-Bittel L
7. Van Veldhuizen P
8. Lin TL
9. Kambhampati S
10. Garimella R
A novel three-dimensional stromal-based model for in vitro chemotherapy sensitivity testing of leukemia cells.; Leukemia & lymphoma; Vol 55(2). 2014 Feb.
1. Pawar RD
2. Williams T
3. Khera R
4. Eid A
5. Aljitawi OS
6. Dusing RW
Inflammatory response following neutrophil recovery postchemotherapy in acute myeloid leukemia cases without evidence of infection: role of homing of neutrophils.; Journal of blood medicine; Vol 5. 2014.
1. Aljitawi OS
2. Xiao Y
3. Eskew JD
4. Parelkar NK
5. Swink M
6. Radel J
7. Lin TL
8. Kimler BF
9. Mahnken JD
10. McGuirk JP
11. Broxmeyer HE
12. Vielhauer G
Hyperbaric oxygen improves engraftment of ex-vivo expanded and gene transduced human CD34⁺ cells in a murine model of umbilical cord blood transplantation.; Blood cells, molecules & diseases; Vol 52(1). 2014 Jan.
1. Pawar R
2. Kasi Loknath Kumar A
3. Woodroof J
4. Cui W
5. McGuirk J
6. Abhyankar S
7. Ganguly S
8. Singh A
9. Lin T
10. Aljitawi O
Skin Recurrence of Transformed Mycosis Fungoides Postumbilical Cord Blood Transplant despite Complete Donor Chimerism.; Case reports in hematology; Vol 2014. 2014.
1. Williams CB
2. Kambhampati S
3. Fiskus W
4. Wick J
5. Dutreix C
6. Ganguly S
7. Aljitawi O
8. Reyes R
9. Fleming A
10. Abhyankar S
11. Bhalla KN
12. McGuirk JP
Preclinical and phase I results of decitabine in combination with midostaurin (PKC412) for newly diagnosed elderly or relapsed/refractory adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia.; Pharmacotherapy; Vol 33(12). 2013 Dec.
1. Ganguly S
2. Amin M
3. Divine C
4. Aljitawi OS
5. Abhyankar S
6. McGuirk JP
Decitabine in patients with relapsed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) after allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT).; Annals of hematology; Vol 92(4). 2013 Apr.
1. Alhafez A
2. Aljitawi OS
3. Lin TL
4. Ganguly S
5. Abhyankar S
6. McGuirk JP
Bendamustine associated with irreversible ascending paralysis.; Case reports in hematology; Vol 2013. 2013.
1. Aljitawi OS
2. Xiao Y
3. Zhang D
4. Stehno-Bittel L
5. Garimella R
6. Hopkins RA
7. Detamore MS
Generating CK19-positive cells with hair-like structures from Wharton's jelly mesenchymal stromal cells.; Stem cells and development; Vol 22(1). 2013 Jan 01.
1. Williams T
2. Aljitawi OS
3. Moussa R
4. McHugh S
5. Dusing R
6. Abraha J
7. Yarlagadda SG
First case of donor transmitted non-leukemic promyelocytic sarcoma.; Leukemia & lymphoma; Vol 53(12). 2012 Dec.
1. Aljitawi OS
2. Coats A
3. Zhang D
4. Ganguly S
5. Abhyankar S
6. Lin T
7. McGuirk JP
Umbilical cord graft-versus-leukemia effect induces remission without the price of graft-versus-host disease: the possible role of NK cells.; Clinical transplantation; Vol 26(5). 2012 Sep.