“…Recently, attention has been drawn to the BM microenvironment, which plays an important role in the differentiation, migration, proliferation, survival, and drug resistance of leukemia cells . The chemoprotective effect of the BM microenvironment has been shown using in vitro CML cellular models under IM treatment . For example, cytokines within the BM microenvironment, such as interleukin (IL)‐3, IL‐7, granulocyte‐macrophage colony‐stimulating factor, and C‐X‐C motif chemokine 12, can protect CML cells from IM‐induced apoptosis and promote CML cell survival .…”