A role for FLVCR1 in the pathogenesis of Diamond Blackfan Anemia (DBA; OMIM: #105650) has been proposed due to the observation that the feline leukemia virus subgroup C causes a pure cell aplasia in cats by interfering with the expression of FLVCR1 and that mice lacking both FLVCR1 isoforms phenocopy the human disease (Tailor et al., 1999; Quigley et al., 2000; Keel et al., 2008). Here, FLVCR1 is linked to Diamond-Blackfan anemia.