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This study was supported by a grant from the Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Children's Oncology Group (COG) is acknowledged for providing primary leukemia cell samples from COG ALL Cell Bank. This bank was supported by the COG Chair's Grant no. CA98543 and NIH U24 CA114766.
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Hu, Z., Li, XM., Jorgensen, M. et al. MLL/AF-4 leukemic cells recruit new blood vessels but do not incorporate into capillaries in culture or in a NOD/SCID xenograft model. Leukemia 23, 990–993 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2008.345
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