SF3B1 and myelodysplastic syndrome: In addition, gene expression analysis of genes important in MDS pathogenesis showed weak evidence for lower mRNA expression levels of Npm1 (FC = 0.01; P = 0.184, rank = 1363) and no evidence of changes for Asxl1 and Runx1 (FC = 1.25; P = 0.296 and FC = 1.21; P = 0.471) in Sf3b1+/− vs Sf3b1+/+.