Table 1.

Selected neutropenic syndromes.

SyndromeInheritanceGeneClinical FeaturesAnimal ModelAnimalModel Phenotype
Abbreviations: SCN, severe congenital neutropenia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 
Cyclic 
 neutropenia Autosomal 
 Dominant ELA2 Alternate 21 day cycling of 
 neutrophils and monocytes Mouse 
 knock-out 
  • No neutropenia

  • Resistance to
 smoking-induced COPD

  • Vulnerability to infection

 
 Autosomal 
 Dominant ELA2 
 (35–84%) 
  • Static neutropenia

  • MDS and AML

 
Mouse knock-in
 (V72M) No obvious phenotype 
SCN Autosomal 
 Dominant Gfi1 
 (rare) 
  • Static neutropenia

  • Circulating myeloid progenitors

  • Lymphopenia

 
Mouse
 knock-out Resembles human Gfi1 deficiency 
 Sex-linked wASP 
 (rare) Neutropenic variant of 
 Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome Mouse 
 knock-out 
  • Lymphopenia

  • Thrombocytopenia

  • Colitis

 
 Autosomal 
 Dominant G-CSFR 
 (rare) 
  • G-CSF refractory neutropenia

  • No documented MDS or AML

 
Mouse 
 knock-out 
  • Moderate neutropenia

  • Decreased progenitors in
 bone marrow

  • Increased apoptosis in
 circulating neutrophils

 
Kostmann 
 syndrome Autosomal 
 Recessive Unknown Static neutropenia without
 MDS or AML  
Hermansky 
 Pudlak 
 syndrome, 
 type 2 Autosomal 
 Recessive AP3B1 
  • SCN

  • Platelet dense body defects

  • Oculocutaneous albinism

 
Gray collie 
 syndrome 
 of dogs 
  • 14-day cycles of pancytopenia

  • Coat and eye color changes

 
  • Mouse pearl mutation

  • Mouse 
 knockout

 
  • No documented neutropenia

  • Platelet dense body defects

  • Coat and eye color changes

 
Chediak-Higashi syndrome Autosomal Recessive LYST 
  • Neutropenia

  • Oculocutaneous albinism

  • Giant lysosomes

  • Lymphohistiocytic infiltration

  • Impaired platelet function

 
Blue-smoke
 Persian cat 
  • Neutropenia

  • Coat and eye color changes

  • Giant lysosomes

  • Lymphohistiocytic infiltration

  • Impaired platelet function

 
  • Mouse
 beige
 mutation

  • Cattle

  • Aleutian mink

 
  • No neutropenia

  • Coat and eye color changes

  • Giant lysosomes

  • Lymphohistiocytic infiltration

  • Impaired platelet function

 
Barth 
 syndrome Sex-linked TAZ 
  • Neutropenia, often cyclic

  • Dilated cardiomyopathy

  • Methylglutaconic-aciduria

 
 
Cohen 
 syndrome Autosomal 
 Recessive COH1 
  • Mental retardation

  • Neutropenia

  • Dysmorphism

 
 
SyndromeInheritanceGeneClinical FeaturesAnimal ModelAnimalModel Phenotype
Abbreviations: SCN, severe congenital neutropenia; MDS, myelodysplastic syndrome; AML, acute myeloid leukemia; G-CSF, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 
Cyclic 
 neutropenia Autosomal 
 Dominant ELA2 Alternate 21 day cycling of 
 neutrophils and monocytes Mouse 
 knock-out 
  • No neutropenia

  • Resistance to
 smoking-induced COPD

  • Vulnerability to infection

 
 Autosomal 
 Dominant ELA2 
 (35–84%) 
  • Static neutropenia

  • MDS and AML

 
Mouse knock-in
 (V72M) No obvious phenotype 
SCN Autosomal 
 Dominant Gfi1 
 (rare) 
  • Static neutropenia

  • Circulating myeloid progenitors

  • Lymphopenia

 
Mouse
 knock-out Resembles human Gfi1 deficiency 
 Sex-linked wASP 
 (rare) Neutropenic variant of 
 Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome Mouse 
 knock-out 
  • Lymphopenia

  • Thrombocytopenia

  • Colitis

 
 Autosomal 
 Dominant G-CSFR 
 (rare) 
  • G-CSF refractory neutropenia

  • No documented MDS or AML

 
Mouse 
 knock-out 
  • Moderate neutropenia

  • Decreased progenitors in
 bone marrow

  • Increased apoptosis in
 circulating neutrophils

 
Kostmann 
 syndrome Autosomal 
 Recessive Unknown Static neutropenia without
 MDS or AML  
Hermansky 
 Pudlak 
 syndrome, 
 type 2 Autosomal 
 Recessive AP3B1 
  • SCN

  • Platelet dense body defects

  • Oculocutaneous albinism

 
Gray collie 
 syndrome 
 of dogs 
  • 14-day cycles of pancytopenia

  • Coat and eye color changes

 
  • Mouse pearl mutation

  • Mouse 
 knockout

 
  • No documented neutropenia

  • Platelet dense body defects

  • Coat and eye color changes

 
Chediak-Higashi syndrome Autosomal Recessive LYST 
  • Neutropenia

  • Oculocutaneous albinism

  • Giant lysosomes

  • Lymphohistiocytic infiltration

  • Impaired platelet function

 
Blue-smoke
 Persian cat 
  • Neutropenia

  • Coat and eye color changes

  • Giant lysosomes

  • Lymphohistiocytic infiltration

  • Impaired platelet function

 
  • Mouse
 beige
 mutation

  • Cattle

  • Aleutian mink

 
  • No neutropenia

  • Coat and eye color changes

  • Giant lysosomes

  • Lymphohistiocytic infiltration

  • Impaired platelet function

 
Barth 
 syndrome Sex-linked TAZ 
  • Neutropenia, often cyclic

  • Dilated cardiomyopathy

  • Methylglutaconic-aciduria

 
 
Cohen 
 syndrome Autosomal 
 Recessive COH1 
  • Mental retardation

  • Neutropenia

  • Dysmorphism

 
 

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