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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 26.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2011 May 3;21(4):474–483. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2011.03.007

Table.

Gene Genetic
Lesion
Expression/
Activity
Level
Cancer Association Ref
Ribosomopathies
X-DC DKC1 Mutation/
Deletion
Decrease Increased incidence of hematological and solid tumors [1]
DBA RPS
7,15,17,19,
24,27A
RPL
5,11,35A,36
Mutation/
Deletion
Decrease Increased incidence of hematological and solid tumors [6065]
5q-syndrome RPS14 Deletion Decrease Increased incidence of hematological tumors [66]
SDS SBDS Mutation Decrease Increased incidence of hematological tumors [67,68]
CHH RMRP Mutation Decrease Increased incidence of hematological and solid tumors [69]
Translation Initiation
Factors
eIF2α ND Increase In hematological and solid tumors [40,70]
eIF3a ND Increase In solid tumors [71,72]
eIF3c ND Increase In solid tumors [73]
eIF3e ND Increase In solid tumors [74]
eIF3f ND Decrease In solid tumors [75]
eIF3h Amplification Increase In solid tumors [76]
eIF3i ND Increase In solid tumors [77,78]
eIF4A ND Increase In solid tumors [79,80]
eIF4E ND Increase In hematological and solid tumors [35]
eIF4G Amplification Increase In solid tumors [81,82]
eIF5A ND Increase In hematological tumors [83]
eIF5A2 Amplification Increase In solid tumors [84]
eIF6 ND Increase In hematologic and solid tumors [85,86]
Translation
Elongation Factors
eEF2 ND Increase In solid tumors [87]
eEF1A2 Amplification Increase In solid tumors [88,89]
IRES Trans-Acting
Factors
hnRNP A1 ND Increase In solid tumors [90]
hnRNP E1 ND Decrease In solid tumors [91,92]
hnRNP E2 ND Decrease In solid tumors [93]
La ND Increase In solid tumors [94]
PTB ND Increase In solid tumors [95]
YB1 ND Increase Correlates with higher grade cancers [96]
Ribosome
Biogenesis Factors
Ubf1 ND Increase In solid tumors [97]
Bop1 Amplification Increase In solid tumors [98]
Npm Mutation Decrease Associated with hematological tumors [99]

X-DC: x-linked dyskeratosis congenita; DBA: Diamond Blackfan anemia; SDS: Shwachman-Diamond syndrome; CHH: cartilage hair hypoplasia; RPS: ribosomal protein small subunit; RPL: ribosomal protein large subunit