Abstract

We report on the antileukemic activity of homoharringtonine (HHT) in T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). We showed that HHT inhibited the NOTCH/MYC pathway and induced significantly longer survival in mouse and patient-derived T-ALL xenograft models, supporting HHT as a promising agent for T-ALL.

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