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We would like to thank Francoise Pflumio (CEA Fontenay-aux-Roses, France) for providing the MS5-DL1 cell line and helpful advice and discussion. We would also like to thank P Ballerini (Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Paris, France), Thierry Leblanc (Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France), K Schultz (BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada) and L Matherly (Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, Michigan) for providing patient samples. This work was supported by grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Terry Fox Foundation (APW), Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada (APW), Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (JCA), the William Lawrence and Blanche Hughes Foundation (JCA), Harvard Catalyst Pilot Grant (TAI and JCA) and the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute (R01CA146445 to TAI).
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Yost, A., Shevchuk, O., Gooch, R. et al. Defined, serum-free conditions for in vitro culture of primary human T-ALL blasts. Leukemia 27, 1437–1440 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/leu.2012.337
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