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This study was supported by FCT PPCDT/SAU-OBS/58913 (JTB), SAU/13240 and CBO/34914 (AAC), and NIH RO1-CA104596 and RO1-AI43552 (VAB) grants. BAC and LRM have FCT-SFRH PhD and BI fellowships, respectively.
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Cardoso, B., Martins, L., Santos, C. et al. Interleukin-4 stimulates proliferation and growth of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells by activating mTOR signaling. Leukemia 23, 206–208 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2008.178
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