Sam68 was upregulated in adult T-ALL patients’ samples and T cells.
Sam68 knockdown impaired proliferation, induced apoptosis and cycle arrest in T-ALL cells.
Sam68 knockdown downregulated CDK2, Bcl-xl and upregulated p21, Bad, cleaved caspase-9, caspase-3, PARP.
Sam68 knockdown associated with changes in AKT/mTOR signaling pathway.
Sam68 expression restoration reverted the above effects.