“…The lymphocytes of patients with a population of ≥95% CD5 + CD19 + cells, and reflecting the composition of the study population by sex and Binet and Rai classification, were selected and processed as previously described [ 9 , 28 ]. Briefly, 5 µg of proteins from each sample were separated using SDS-PAGE on a 10% gel, transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane, blocked in Blotto buffer for one hour, and incubated overnight with primary antibodies: Rabbit anti-human AIOLOS, Rabbit anti-human cleaved NOTCH1, Rabbit anti-human NOTCH1, and Rabbit anti-human β-ACTIN (all from Cell Signaling Technology, Inc., Beverly, MA, USA) [ 27 , 28 ]. After washing, the horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-linked anti-rabbit antibody was applied for one hour and the signal was detected by chemiluminescence using Supersignal West Pico plus (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) on a UVITEC Imaging System (Cleaver Scientific, Rugby, UK).…”