A pro-apoptotic role for miR-29b in the context of MCL-1 has been shown previously for a number of cellular models and diseases including cancer, diabetes and pre-eclampsia (Li et al. 2013; Mott et al. 2007; Roggli et al. 2012; Xiong et al. 2010; Zhang et al. 2011). Here, MCL1 is linked to cancer.