Marrow failure: A window into ribosome biology

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Abstract

Diamond-Blackfan anemia, Shwachman-Diamond syndrome, and dyskeratosis congenita are inherited syndromes characterized by marrow failure, congenital anomalies, and cancer predisposition. Genetic and molecular studies have uncovered distinct abnormalities in ribosome biogenesis underlying each of these 3 disorders. How defects in ribosomes, the essential organelles required for protein biosynthesis in all cells, cause tissue-specific abnormalities in human disease remains a question of fundamental scientific and medical importance. Here we review the overlapping and distinct clinical features of these 3 syndromes and discuss current knowledge regarding the ribo-somal pathways disrupted ineach of these disorders. Wealsoexplore the increasing complexity of ribosome biology and how this informs our understanding of developmental biology and human disease.

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Ruggero, D., & Shimamura, A. (2014, October 30). Marrow failure: A window into ribosome biology. Blood. American Society of Hematology. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2014-04-526301

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