Table 2.

Leukemia predisposition genes

Disorder/syndrome and geneInheritanceHematologic malignancyAdditional malignanciesLaboratory featuresClinical features
Fanconi anemia      
 FANCA AR MDS, AML (ALL with FANCD1) Squamous cell carcinomas of head/neck, GI tract, vulva; liver tumors; additional solid tumors associated with FANCD1 include brain tumors, Wilms tumor BMF, chromosomal breakage, or cell cycle arrest with diepoxybutane or mitomycin C Short stature, facial dysmorphisms, skin pigmentation, skeletal, thumb anomalies, renal, gonadal, CNS, cardiac, GI 
 FANCB X linked 
 FANCC AR 
 FANCD1/BRCA2 AR 
 FANCD2 AR 
 FANCDE AR 
 FANCF AR 
 FANCG AR 
 FANCI AR 
 FANCJ/BRIP1/BACH1 AR 
 FANCL AR 
 FANCM AR 
 FANCN/PALB2 AR 
 FANCO/RAD51C AR 
 FANCP/SLX4 AR 
 FANCQ/ERCC4 AR 
 FANCR/RAD51 AD 
 FANCS/BRCA1 AR 
 FANCT/UBE2T AR 
 FANCU/XRCC2 AR 
 FANCV/REV7 AR 
Diamond-Blackfan anemia      
 RPL5 AD MDS, AML Osteosarcoma, soft tissue sarcomas Anemia, bone marrow red cell aplasia, elevated erythrocyte adenosine deaminase Thumb anomalies, short stature, facial dysmorphisms, cleft lip/palate, Pierre Robin syndrome, cardiac, GU 
 RPL11 AD 
 RPL15 AD 
 RPL23 AD 
 RPL26 AD 
 RPL27 AD 
 RPL31 AD 
 RPL35a AD 
 RPL36 AD 
 RPS7 AD 
 RPS10 AD 
 RPS15 AD 
 RPS17 AD 
 RPS19 AD 
 RPS24 AD 
 RPS26 AD 
 RPS27 AD 
 RPS27A AD 
 RPS28 AD 
 RPS29 AD 
 GATA1 X linked 
 TSR2 X linked 
Dyskeratosis congenita      
 DKC1 X linked MDS, AML Squamous cell carcinomas of head/neck/GI tract BMF, shortened telomere length, immunodeficiencies Nail dystrophy, rash, leukoplakia, liver, short stature, pulmonary fibrosis, vascular anomalies, eyes, hair (early greying or loss), dental, CNS, GI, GU 
 TERC AD 
 TERT AD, AR 
 NOLA3/NOP10 AR 
 NOLA2/NHP2 AR 
 TINF2 AD 
 WRAP53/TCAB1 AR 
 CTC1 AR 
 RTEL1 AD, AR 
 ACD/TPP1 AD, AR 
 PARN AD, AR 
 NAF1 AD 
 STN1 AD 
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome      
 SBDS AR MDS, AML — BMF, low serum trypsinogen or pancreatic isoamylase Steatorrhea, thoracic dysplasia, metaphyseal dysostosis, short stature 
Severe congenital neutropenia      
 ELANE AD MDS, AML — Neutropenia, bone marrow promyelocyte arrest Neurological abnormalities 
 HAX1 AR 
Familial MDS/AML with mutated GATA2 (Emberger syndrome, MonoMac syndrome)      
 GATA2 AD MDS, AML — BMF, monocytopenia, cellular and humoral immunodeficiencies Warts, atypical mycobacteria, lymphedema, deafness, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, arterio-venous malformations 
MIRAGE syndrome      
 SAMD9 AD MDS, AML — Cytopenias, immunologic abnormalities Short stature, adrenal hypoplasia, infections, CNS, GI, GU, skeletal 
Ataxia-pancytopenia syndrome      
 SAMD9L AD MDS, AML — BMF Ataxia (variable) 
Bone marrow failure syndrome 1      
 SRP72 AD MDS — BMF Sensorineural hearing loss 
Familial MDS/AML with mutated DDX41      
 DDX41 AD MDS, AML — — — 
Familial platelet disorder with propensity to myeloid malignancy      
 RUNX1 AD MDS, AML, ALL — Thrombocytopenia, abnormal platelet function — 
Thrombocytopenia 2      
 ANKRD26 AD MDS, AML — Thrombocytopenia, abnormal platelet function — 
Thrombocytopenia 5      
 ETV6 AD ALL, MDS, AML — Thrombocytopenia, abnormal platelet function — 
Familial AML with CEBPA mutation      
 CEBPA AD AML — — — 
Li-Fraumeni      
 TP53 AD ALL, MDS, AML Breast, soft tissue sarcoma, osteosarcoma, brain, adrenocortical carcinoma, lung, colon, pancreas, Wilms, prostate — — 
Susceptibility to ALL3      
 PAX5 AD ALL — — — 
Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome      
 MLH1 AR Lymphoma, ALL, AML CNS, GI tract, other — Café-au-lait spots, axillary freckling, Lisch nodules, neurofibromas, intestinal adenomas 
 MSH2 AR 
 MSH6 AR 
 TPMS2 AR 
Disorder/syndrome and geneInheritanceHematologic malignancyAdditional malignanciesLaboratory featuresClinical features
Fanconi anemia      
 FANCA AR MDS, AML (ALL with FANCD1) Squamous cell carcinomas of head/neck, GI tract, vulva; liver tumors; additional solid tumors associated with FANCD1 include brain tumors, Wilms tumor BMF, chromosomal breakage, or cell cycle arrest with diepoxybutane or mitomycin C Short stature, facial dysmorphisms, skin pigmentation, skeletal, thumb anomalies, renal, gonadal, CNS, cardiac, GI 
 FANCB X linked 
 FANCC AR 
 FANCD1/BRCA2 AR 
 FANCD2 AR 
 FANCDE AR 
 FANCF AR 
 FANCG AR 
 FANCI AR 
 FANCJ/BRIP1/BACH1 AR 
 FANCL AR 
 FANCM AR 
 FANCN/PALB2 AR 
 FANCO/RAD51C AR 
 FANCP/SLX4 AR 
 FANCQ/ERCC4 AR 
 FANCR/RAD51 AD 
 FANCS/BRCA1 AR 
 FANCT/UBE2T AR 
 FANCU/XRCC2 AR 
 FANCV/REV7 AR 
Diamond-Blackfan anemia      
 RPL5 AD MDS, AML Osteosarcoma, soft tissue sarcomas Anemia, bone marrow red cell aplasia, elevated erythrocyte adenosine deaminase Thumb anomalies, short stature, facial dysmorphisms, cleft lip/palate, Pierre Robin syndrome, cardiac, GU 
 RPL11 AD 
 RPL15 AD 
 RPL23 AD 
 RPL26 AD 
 RPL27 AD 
 RPL31 AD 
 RPL35a AD 
 RPL36 AD 
 RPS7 AD 
 RPS10 AD 
 RPS15 AD 
 RPS17 AD 
 RPS19 AD 
 RPS24 AD 
 RPS26 AD 
 RPS27 AD 
 RPS27A AD 
 RPS28 AD 
 RPS29 AD 
 GATA1 X linked 
 TSR2 X linked 
Dyskeratosis congenita      
 DKC1 X linked MDS, AML Squamous cell carcinomas of head/neck/GI tract BMF, shortened telomere length, immunodeficiencies Nail dystrophy, rash, leukoplakia, liver, short stature, pulmonary fibrosis, vascular anomalies, eyes, hair (early greying or loss), dental, CNS, GI, GU 
 TERC AD 
 TERT AD, AR 
 NOLA3/NOP10 AR 
 NOLA2/NHP2 AR 
 TINF2 AD 
 WRAP53/TCAB1 AR 
 CTC1 AR 
 RTEL1 AD, AR 
 ACD/TPP1 AD, AR 
 PARN AD, AR 
 NAF1 AD 
 STN1 AD 
Shwachman-Diamond syndrome      
 SBDS AR MDS, AML — BMF, low serum trypsinogen or pancreatic isoamylase Steatorrhea, thoracic dysplasia, metaphyseal dysostosis, short stature 
Severe congenital neutropenia      
 ELANE AD MDS, AML — Neutropenia, bone marrow promyelocyte arrest Neurological abnormalities 
 HAX1 AR 
Familial MDS/AML with mutated GATA2 (Emberger syndrome, MonoMac syndrome)      
 GATA2 AD MDS, AML — BMF, monocytopenia, cellular and humoral immunodeficiencies Warts, atypical mycobacteria, lymphedema, deafness, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, arterio-venous malformations 
MIRAGE syndrome      
 SAMD9 AD MDS, AML — Cytopenias, immunologic abnormalities Short stature, adrenal hypoplasia, infections, CNS, GI, GU, skeletal 
Ataxia-pancytopenia syndrome      
 SAMD9L AD MDS, AML — BMF Ataxia (variable) 
Bone marrow failure syndrome 1      
 SRP72 AD MDS — BMF Sensorineural hearing loss 
Familial MDS/AML with mutated DDX41      
 DDX41 AD MDS, AML — — — 
Familial platelet disorder with propensity to myeloid malignancy      
 RUNX1 AD MDS, AML, ALL — Thrombocytopenia, abnormal platelet function — 
Thrombocytopenia 2      
 ANKRD26 AD MDS, AML — Thrombocytopenia, abnormal platelet function — 
Thrombocytopenia 5      
 ETV6 AD ALL, MDS, AML — Thrombocytopenia, abnormal platelet function — 
Familial AML with CEBPA mutation      
 CEBPA AD AML — — — 
Li-Fraumeni      
 TP53 AD ALL, MDS, AML Breast, soft tissue sarcoma, osteosarcoma, brain, adrenocortical carcinoma, lung, colon, pancreas, Wilms, prostate — — 
Susceptibility to ALL3      
 PAX5 AD ALL — — — 
Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome      
 MLH1 AR Lymphoma, ALL, AML CNS, GI tract, other — Café-au-lait spots, axillary freckling, Lisch nodules, neurofibromas, intestinal adenomas 
 MSH2 AR 
 MSH6 AR 
 TPMS2 AR 

Space limitations preclude a comprehensive listing of genes and associated features.

AD, autosomal dominant; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AR, autosomal recessive; BMF, bone marrow failure; CNS, central nervous system; GI, gastrointestinal; GU, genitourinary; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome.

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