In a mouse model of the 5q- subtype of myelodysplastic syndrome, haploinsufficiency of the ribosomal protein gene Rps14 leads to anemia through a mechanism involving innate immune signaling and the Tlr4 ligand S100A8, which induces a p53-dependent block to erythroid differentiation.
- Rebekka K Schneider
- Monica Schenone
- Benjamin L Ebert