Low levels of miR-223 have been reported in AML patients with the t(8; 21) chromosome translocation, which is responsible for the production of the fusion protein AML1-ETO (also known as RUNX1-ETO) and it has been shown that the AML1-ETO protein inhibits miR-223 expression through its binding to the promoter region and the recruitment of chromatin remodelling enzymes [33]. Here, RUNX1 is linked to acute myeloid leukemia.