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In vitro expansion of erythroid progenitors from polycythemia vera patients leads to decrease in JAK2 V617F allele.
Experimental hematology - 1 Apr 2007
Gaikwad Amos, Nussenzveig Roberto, Liu Enli, Gottshalk Stephen, Chang KoTung, Prchal Josef T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: A G>T transversion in a tyrosine kinase JAK2 (V617F) was reported in over 80% of patients with polycythemia vera (PV). Current evidence suggests that JAK2(V617F) somatic mutation is involved in the pathogenesis of PV, as it confers erythropoietin-independent proliferation to erythroid progenitor cells. However, several unanswered questions regarding the essential role of JAK2(V617F) arose as 1) it is...
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