According to the immunophenotype, T-ALL is classified into four main subtypes: mature (sCD3 positive), cortical (CD1a+), pre-T (cCD3+ plus CD2+ and/or CD5+, and/or CD8+), and pro-T ALL (cCD3+ and CD7+) [2,20]. The gene discussed is CD8A; the disease is acute lymphoblastic leukemia.