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We would like to thank Joshua Baguley, Marcus Coyle, and Jianhua Zhang from Department of Genomic Medicine at MD Anderson Cancer Center for their help with whole exome sequencing and Sanger sequencing. Advanced Technology Genomics Core at UT MD Anderson Cancer Center (NCI grant CA016672). PAF is supported by the Cancer Prevention Research Institute (R120501) and the Welch Foundation’s Robert A. Welch Distinguished University Chair Award (G-0040). AFI and NL were funded by the CPRIT Research Training Program grant RP170067 to MD Anderson Cancer Center.
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HF, SAW, LJM, and WW designed the study. HF, LJM and WW wrote the manuscript. HCB, AFI, NL, PAF, RT, LL, CG, and XS performed whole exome and Sanger sequencing. ZT and GT provided cytogenetic data. MJY, SH, JX, SL, CCY, SHE, CBR, BT, and TMK analyzed the data. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Fang, H., Beird, H.C., Wang, S.A. et al. T-prolymphocytic leukemia: TCL1 or MTCP1 rearrangement is not mandatory to establish diagnosis. Leukemia 37, 1919–1921 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-023-01956-3
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