Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a severe inherited bone marrow failure syndrome with associated cutaneous and noncutaneous abnormalities. In most cases, the inheritance pattern is X-linked recessive, while autosomal dominant and autosomal recessive forms have been reported. Remarkably, all causative gene mutations identified to date share a link to telomere/telomerase biology. Moreover, dyskeratosis congenita is linked to defective ribosome biogenesis.
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Ribosomopathy
Brite
Human diseases in ICD-11 classification [BR:br08403]
03 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
Anaemias or other erythrocyte disorders
3A70 Aplastic anaemia
H00507 Dyskeratosis congenita
Pathway-based classification of diseases [BR:br08402]
Replication and repair
nt06510 Telomere length regulation
H00507 Dyskeratosis congenita
nt06506 Double-strand break repair
H00507 Dyskeratosis congenita
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Inherited bone marrow failure associated with germline mutation of ACD, the gene encoding telomere protein TPP1.
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Bone marrow failure and developmental delay caused by mutations in poly(A)-specific ribonuclease (PARN).
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Inherited human Apollo deficiency causes severe bone marrow failure and developmental defects.
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