Master regulators of hematopoietic lineages have been implicated in tumor suppressor function, as reported for C/EBPα (108, 109) and SPI1/PU.1 in acute myeloblastic leukemia (AML) (110) or PAX5 loss of function in B-ALL (90, 111). This evidence concerns the gene PAX5 and acute myeloid leukemia.