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Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) has experienced a clinical revolution thanks to the discovery of crucial pathogenetic mechanisms. CLL is still an incurable disease due to intrinsic or acquired resistance of the leukemic clone. Venetoclax is a Bcl-2 inhibitor with a marked activity in CLL, but emerging patterns of resistance are being described. We hypothesize that intrinsic features of CLL cells may contribute to drive mechanisms of resistance to venetoclax. We analyzed the expression of IRF4, Notch2 and Mcl-1 in a cohort of CLL patients. We evaluated CLL cells viability after genetic and pharmaceutical modulation of Notch2 expression in patients harboring trisomy 12. We tested venetoclax in trisomy 12 CLL cells either silenced or not for Notch2 expression or in combination with an inhibitor of Mcl-1, AMG-176. Trisomy 12 CLL cells were characterized by low expression of IRF4 associated with high levels of Notch2 and Mcl-1. Notch2 and Mcl-1 expression determined protection of CLL cel