CD1A and acute lymphoblastic leukemia: To demonstrate CD1a x CD3ε-driven T-cells activation, CD1a+ (HPB-ALL, TALL-1, and Jurkat) and CD1a- (CCRF-CEM) T-ALL cell lines were co-cultured with PBMCs at 10.1 E:T ratio in the presence of increasing concentration of CD1a x CD3ε.