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Our study focused on developing novel subcellular CNS leukemia indicators in the CSF and the bone marrow (BM) of patients with pALL. Serial liquid biopsy samples (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 65) were analyzed by Elisas to measure the level of essential proteins associated with blast cell CNS trafficking, vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGF-A) and integrin alpha 6 (ITGA6). In CSF samples from early induction chemotherapy, VEGF-A concentration were uniformly elevated in the CNS-positive group compared to those patients without unambiguous meningeal infiltration (9 vs Nine patients, \u0394c = 17.2\u00a0pg\/ml, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.016). Expression of miR-181a, a <jats:italic>VEGFA<\/jats:italic>-regulating microRNA which showed increased level in CNS leukemia in our previous experiments, was then paralleled with VEGF-A concentration. A slight correlation between the levels of miR-181a and VEGF-A indicators in CSF and BM samples was revealed (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> = 46, Pearson\u2019s <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic> = 0.36, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.015). 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