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JAKing up hematopoietic proliferation.
Cancer cell - 1 Apr 2005
Shannon Kevin, Van Etten Richard A
Abstract excerpt
Mutations that deregulate proliferation and survival pathways have emerged as a common molecular theme in the pathogenesis of myeloproliferative disorders (MPDs). Three studies now report an amino acid substitution in the JAK2 kinase in most patients with polycythemia vera as well as in some cases of essential thrombocythemia and chronic idiopathic myelofibrosis. Functional analysis demonstrates that this...
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