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Background A recent GWAS analysis of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) identified 12 risk loci,some of which harbor apoptosis-related tumor suppressor genes.Herein we postulate that miR-3151,localized to one GWAS-identified risk locus (8q22.3),is a tumor suppressor gene hypermethylated in CLL.