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The authors wish to thank all clinical and laboratory members of the Interfant treatment protocol for their support and accessibility of samples/clinical data. We thank CERCA Programme/Generalitat de Catalunya for institutional support. This paper was funded by grants to MP by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (SAF2017-87990-R and EUR2019-103835) and elaborated at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC, Badalona, Barcelona) and IDIBELL Research Institute (L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona). OdB is funded by a Juan de la Cierva—Formación fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (FJCI-2017-32430). AM is funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, which is part of the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI), through grant PRE2018-083183 (cofunded by the European Social Fund). Work in PM and CB’s lab was supported by the European Research Council (CoG-2014646903), the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (SAF-2016-80481-R), Uno entre Cien Mil Foundation, the Leo Messi Foundation, the Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC-CI-2015), and the ISCIII/FEDER (PI17/01028). We thank Juan Ramón Tejedor for the analysis of ChIP sequencing data.
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OdB designed and performed most of the experimental work of the study. AG, JLT, AA-D, and PH performed and interpreted bioinformatics data analysis. AA, OC, and AM carried out some of the experimental work. CB, PB, GC, RWS, IV, and PM supplied critical materials to the study. PdL and MGV performed the analysis of patientsʼ outcome. PM assisted in the conception and supervision of the study. OdB and MP wrote the paper. MP obtained funding, conceived and supervised the study. All authors critically reviewed the paper.
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de Barrios, O., Galaras, A., Trincado, J.L. et al. HDAC7 is a major contributor in the pathogenesis of infant t(4;11) proB acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Leukemia 35, 2086–2091 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-020-01097-x
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