Proteins were quantified by immunoblot analysis as described previously (21 (link), 24 (link)). For co-culture experiments, leukemia cells were collected by combining cells in the supernatant and after two washes with PBS. Antibodies against p-CRKL, BID, and BCL-XL were purchased from Cell Signaling Technology, MCL-1 from Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc., BIM and CRKL from Abcam, BAX from Sigma, and BCL-2 from Dako. Signals were detected using an Odyssey infrared imaging system and quantitated using the Odyssey software program (version 3.0; LI-COR Biotechnology). β-ACTIN (Sigma) was used as a loading control.