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. 2021 Feb 2;10(3):533. doi: 10.3390/jcm10030533

Table 3.

Main features of inherited thrombocytopenias.

Form Disease Inheritance Degree of Thrombocytopenia Key Laboratory Features References
Syndromic Amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia with radio-ulnar synostosis (ATRUS) AD severe Normal platelet size and morphology [19,20]
Baraitser–Winter syndrome 1 with macrothrombocytopenia AD absent Macrothrombocytopenia; leukocytosis with eosinophilia, leukopenia [27]
FLNA-related thrombocytopenia XL moderate Macrothrombocytopenia; impaired platelet aggregation GPVI-triggered; heterogeneous α-granules, occasionally giant; abnormal distribution of FLNa [32]
GATA-1-related disease XL severe Macrothrombocytopenia; reduced platelet aggregation by collagen and ristocetin; reduced α-granule content and release [17]
GNE-related thrombocytopenia AR from mild to severe Macrothrombocytopenia [48]
Gray platelet syndrome AR moderate/severe Macrothrombocytopenia; grey or pale platelets; dyserytropoiesis; absence of α-granules; defective TRAP-induced platelet aggregation [23]
Paris-Trousseau thrombocytopenia, Jacobsen syndrome AD severe Macrothrombocytopenia; defective platelet aggregation by thrombin; giant α-granules [15]
Platelet abnormalities with eosinophilia and immune-mediated inflammatory disease AR moderate Small platelets; eosinophilia; reduced platelet spreading; decreased platelet dense granules [29]
PTPRJ-related thrombocytopenia AR moderate/severe Microthrombocytopenia; impaired activation by the GPVI-specific agonist convulxin and the thrombin receptor-activating peptide but normal response to ADP [51]
SRC-related thrombocytopenia AD moderate/severe Platelets deficient in granules and rich in vacuoles [50]
Stormorken syndrome AD moderate/severe Howell-Jolly bodies in red blood cells; enhanced annexin V binding, defective GPIIb/IIIa activation (PAC-1) [41]
Takenouchi-Kosaki syndrome with
macrothrombocytopenia
AD absent Macrothrombocytopenia, abnormal platelet spreading and filopodia formation [47]
Thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome (TAR) AR severe Normal platelet size and morphology, thrombocytopenia [24]
Thrombocytopenia and erythrokeraderma AR moderate Thrombocytopenia and presence of 3-keto-dihydrosphingosine in plasma [37]
Thrombocytopenia, anemia and myelofibrosis AR mild/moderate Macrothrombocytopenia, anemia [39]
Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome XL severe Microthrombocytopenia; Reduced α/δ granules release [45]
X-linked thrombocytopenia XL mild/moderate Microthrombocytopenia; Reduced α/δ granules release [45]
Non-syndromic ACTN1-related thrombocytopenia AD mild Macrothrombocytopenia [28]
Bernard Soulier syndrome
monoallelic
biallelic
AD
AR
mild
moderate/severe
Macrothrombocytopenia; lack of platelet agglutination to ristocetin with normal aggregation to other agonists; severe reduction or complete lack of GPIb/IX/V [33]
CYCS-related thrombocytopenia AD mild Normal platelet size and morphology [30]
FLI1-related thrombocytopenia AD/AR moderate Reduced platelet aggregation in response to collagen and PAR-1 agonists; δ-granule deficiency [15]
FYB-related thrombocytopenia AR moderate/severe Microthrombocytopenia; increased expression of P-selectin and PAC-1 by resting platelets but impaired upon stimulation with ADP [16]
GFI1b-related thrombocytopenia AD/AR mild/moderate Macrothrombocytopenia; dyserytropoiesis; reduced α-granule content and release; diminished expression of GPIbα, red cell anisocytosis [18]
IKZF5-related thrombocytopenia AD absent Thrombocytopenia; deficiency of platelet alpha granules. [21]
ITGA2B/ITGB3-related thrombocytopenia AD mild/moderate Macrothrombocytopenia; reduced GPIIb/IIIa; defective GPIIb/IIIa activation (PAC-1) [35,36,54]
PT-VWD AD mild/moderate Macrothrombocytopenia; increased response to ristocetin and decreased VWF-ristocetin cofactor activity (VWF:RCo) Mixing tests discriminate the plasmatic (VWD type2B) from platelet (PT-VWD) origin of hyperreactivity to ristocetin [36,76,77]
PRKACG-related thrombocytopenia AR severe Macrothrombocytopenia; defective platelet αIIbβ3 activation and P-selectin exposure in response to TRAP6; defective Ca2+ mobilization in response to thrombin [40]
THPO-related thrombocytopenia AD mild Normal or slightly increased platelet size [26]
TRPM7-related thrombocytopenia AD mild/moderate Macrothrombocytopenia; aberrant distribution of granules [42]
Tropomyosin 4 (TPM)-related thrombocytopenia AD mild Macrothrombocytopenia [43]
TUBB-1-related thrombocytopenia AD mild Macrothrombocytopenia; platelet anisocytosis [44]
SLFN14-related thrombocytopenia AD mild/moderate Macrothrombocytopenia; δ-granule deficiency with decreased ATP secretion in response to ADP, collagen and TRAP-6 [49]
Forms predisposing to additional diseases ANKRD26-related thrombocytopenia AD mild/moderate Reduced α-granules in some patients [13]
Congenital amegakaryocytic thrombocytopenia (CAMT) AR severe Elevated serum levels of TPO [22]
DIAPH1-related thrombocytopenia AD mild/severe Macrothrombocytopenia [31]
ETV6-related thrombocytopenia AD mild/moderate Decreased ability of platelets to spread on fibrinogen covered surfaces; abnormal clot retraction [14]
Familial platelet disorder with predisposition to hematological malignancies (FPD/AML) AD moderate Abnormal aggregation in response to multiple agonists; δ (occasionally α)-granule deficiency [25]
MYH9-related disease AD mild/severe Macrothrombocytopenia; Döhl-like body cytoplasmic leukocyte inclusions [38]
Thrombocytopenia associated with sitosterolemia moderate/severe Macrothrombocytopenia; hyperactivatable platelets with constitutive binding of fibrinogen to αIIbβ3 integrin; shedding of GPIbα; impaired platelet adhesion to von Willebrand factor [46]