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Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Hematol. 2019 Nov 19;13(1):55–70. doi: 10.1080/17474086.2020.1685866

Table 1.

Genetic syndromes that predispose to pediatric ALL.

Genes Locus Mode of inheritance ALL Subtype Other associated neoplasms Reference
DNA Damage Response and Cell Cycle/Apoptosis
 Ataxia Telangiectasia (AT) ATM 11q22.3 AR T-ALL T-PLL, NHL, HL, B-CLL, breast, ovarian, gastric, melanoma, leiomyomas, and sarcomas [6]
 Bloom syndrome (BS) BLM 15q26.1 AR ALL MDS, AML, NHL, GI (upper/lower), GU, oropharyngeal, skin, breast [7,110]
 Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome (CMMRD) MLH1 3p22.2 2p21-p16 AR B-ALL or T-ALL NHL, AML, CML, GI, brain [113115]
MSH2 2p16.3 7p22.1
MSH6 2p21
PMS2
EPCAM
 Fanconi anemia (FA) FANCA 16q24.3 AR ALL MDS, AML, squamous cell carcinoma of the head, neck, esophagus, and vulva, cervical cancer, liver tumors [8]
FANCC 9q22.32
FANCD2 3p25.3
BRCA2 13q13.1
FANCE 6p21.31
FANCI 15q26.1
FANCL 2p16.1
RAD51C 17q22
SLX4 16p13.3
ERCC4 16p13.12
UBE2T 1q32.1
XRCC2 7q36.1
MAD2L2 1p36.22
RFWD3 16q23.1
FANCB Xp22.2 XLR
RAD51A 15q15.1 AD
FANCF 11p14.3 Unknown
XRCC9 9p13.3
BRIP1 17q23.2
FANCM 14q21.2
PALB2 16p12.2
 Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) TP53 17p13.1 AD B-ALL MDS, AML (therapy-associated), NHL, brain, bone, soft tissue, breast, adrenocortical carcinoma [101105]
 Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) NBN 8q21.3 AR T-ALL NHL, AML, APL, medulloblastoma, glioma, RMS [9]
Lymphocyte Differentiation
 Familial platelet disorder with predisposition to myeloid malignancy (FPDMM) RUNX1 21q22.12 AD T-ALL AML [79,84,85]
IKZF1-associated leukemia predisposition IKZF1 7p12.2 AD B-ALL None [46]
PAX5-associated leukemia predisposition PAX5 9p13.2 AD B-ALL None [19,20]
ETV6-associated leukemia predisposition ETV6 12p13.2 AD B-ALL AML, CML, NHL, MDS, multiple myeloma [30,3236]
Signaling
 Neurofibromatosis, type 1 (NF1) NF1 17q11.2 AD ALL JMML, AML, brain, PNST, RMS, GIST, breast, pheochromocytoma [69]
 Noonan syndrome (NS) PTPN11 12q24.13 AD ALL JMML, CMML, AML, RMS, neuroblastoma [51,53,54]

AML, acute myeloid leukemia; APL, acute prolymphocytic leukemia; AT, Ataxia Telangiectasia; B-CLL, B cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia; BS, Bloom syndrome; CML, chronic myeloid leukemia; CMML, chronic myelomonocytic leukemia; CMMRD, Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency; FA, Fanconi anemia; FPDMM, Familial platelet disorder with predisposition to myeloid malignancies; GI, gastrointestinal; GIST, gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GU, genitourinary; HL, Hodgkin lymphoma; JMML, juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia; LFS, Li-Fraumeni syndrome; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; NBS, Nijmegen breakage syndrome; NF1, Neurofibromatosis type 1; NHL, Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; NS, Noonan syndrome; PNST, peripheral nerve sheath tumor; RMS, rhabdomyosarcoma; T-PLL, T cell prolymphocytic leukemia.