The NOTCH1-induced T-ALL model was established as previously decribed.17 (link) Briefly, bone marrow cells were isolated from 8-week-old donor mice. Lineage negative (Lin-) cells were enriched using a Lineage Cell Depletion Kit (Miltenyi Biotec), and pre-stimulated for 24 h in Dulbecco modified Eagle medium (Gibco) containing 20% fetal bovine serum (Gibco), 1% penicillin/streptomycin (Hyclone), 20 ng/mL murine FLT3-L, 20 ng/mL murine thrombopoietin and 100 ng/mL murine stem cell factor (PeproTech). Cells were then transduced with MigR1-ICN1 retroviruses and centrifuged in the presence of 6 Dg/mL polybrene. A second round of transduction was carried out on the next day. One million cells were then transplanted into sub-lethally (5.5 Gy) irradiated 8-week-old C57BL/6 female mice by tail vein injection.