In contrast to the findings in previous studies of solid tumors that primary tumor or tumor cell lines highly express CD73, we observed minimal CD73 expression on AML blasts (mean frequency 4.75 ± 6.21, Fig. 1a, b), whereas the majority of patients express significant level of CD73 on their CD8 T cells (mean frequency 22.26 ± 13.79, Fig. 1a, b). This evidence concerns the gene NT5E and acute myeloid leukemia.