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Table 1 Genetic basis of red blood cell membrane defects

From: Confounding factors in the diagnosis and clinical course of rare congenital hemolytic anemias

 

Trasmission

Gene

Function

Hereditary spherocytosis (HS)

Autosomal recessive

SPTA1

Membrane skeletal network

 

Autosomal dominant

SPTB

Membrane skeletal network

 

Autosomal dominant

SLC4A1

Anion exchange channel

Link to glycoltytic enzymes

Vertical interactions

 

Autosomal dominant, de novo

ANK1

Vertical interactions

 

Autosomal recessive

EPB42

Stabilize band3/ankyrin complex

Hereditary elliptocyosis (HE)

Autosomal dominant

SPTA1

Membrane skeletal network

 

Autosomal dominant

SPTB

Membrane skeletal network

 

Autosomal dominant

EPB41

Stabilize spectrin-ankyrin contact

Hereditary pyropoikylocytosis

Autosomal recessive

SPTA1/ SPTA1LELY

SPTA1/ SPTB

SPTB/SPTB

Membrane skeletal network

Hereditary stomatocytosis (HSt)

   

Dehydrated

autosomal dominant

PIEZO1

Mechanosensitive ion channel

Overhydrated

autosomal dominant

RHAG

Rh -blood group

Gardos Channelopathy

autosomal dominant, de novo

KCNN4

Potassium Ca2 + -Activated Channel