The median relative expression level of miR-130a in t(8;21) AML patients with wild-type KIT was 9.864 (1.575 ∼ 26.506) which is much lower than that detected in t(8;21) AML patients with mutated KIT (31.181, 7.875 ∼ 50.586). Here, KIT is linked to acute myeloid leukemia.