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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Virchows Arch. 2022 Nov 24;482(1):11–26. doi: 10.1007/s00428-022-03448-8

Table 4.

New entities in T-ALL (other than BCL11B-activated, all are provisional)

Subtype Frequency Partner genes/other rearrangements Common colesions*
BCL11B-activated 30% of ETP and T/MPAL, <5% of AML BETA (14q32 enhancer amplification); ARID1B, CCDC26/MYC; CDK6; STAB1; ETV6; ZEB2; RUNX1; FLT3-ITD; WT1
TAL1/2-R 30–40% (TAL2 rare); poor prognosis TCRA/D; TCRB (TAL2); 1p32 deletion (STIL); intergenic SNV (super enhancer) CDKN2A, NOTCH1, PTEN, USP7
TLX1-R 5–10% children; near 30% adult; good prognosis TCR PHF6, DNM2, BCL11B, RB1, CDKN1B
TLX3-R 20–25% children <5% adult; good prognosis TCR; BCL11B; CDK6 CDKN2A, NOTCH1, FBXW7, PTEN
HOXA 15–25% HOXA::TCRB/TCRG; KMT2A-R; PICALM::MLLT10; SET::NUP214
LMO1/2-R LMO1-R -5% LMO2-R 10% TCR; cryptic deletion; enhancer/promoter mutations LMO complex with bHLH factors; Extremely high LMO expression CDKN2A, NOTCH1, FBXW7, PTEN, LEF1
NKX2-R <5% children NKX2.1/NKX2.2/NKX2.5::TCR; BCL11B; CDK6 CDKN2A, NOTCH1 PHF6, LEF1, RPL10
SPI1-R <5%, children, very poor prognosis STMN1; TCF7; BCL11B NRAS,KRAS
BHLH, other <2% TCRB::LYL1
TCR::BHLHB1; high LMO expression
*

NOTCH1 and CDKN2A mutations are common throughout T ALL, except ETP-ALL